Asus Z97-E

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	47.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 17 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '22 at 08:54
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 81.3 1-Core 120 2-Core 242 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 400 57% 418 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 526.98 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.2% Average	Lighting 57.2 Reflection 68.2 Parallax 60.4 47% 61.9 fps	MRender 67.4 Gravity 59.4 Splatting 53.1 48% 60 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: LB3i SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 142 160 168 159 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 362 Write 210 Mixed 221 SusWrite 158 53% 238 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 86.8 4K Mixed 39.8 148% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 224 174% 241 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 88%
Samsung 870 EVO 2TB-$190 31,076 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 666GB free Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 418 442 474 481 485 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 463 Mixed 434 SusWrite 437 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 58.3 192% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 136%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-401.A00LF 4x4GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	50.5% Above average	MC Read 17 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 15.8 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 15.7 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 64%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97-E Builds (Compare 695 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-E

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	277x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	181x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	72x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	48x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	40x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	47x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	30x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	30x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	31x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	24x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	21x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16