Asus Z97-E

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	187% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '17 at 08:44
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 228 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 414 55% 410 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 3994) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.69 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.3% Below average	Lighting 27.3 Reflection 35.9 Parallax 44.7 22% 36 fps	MRender 68.3 Gravity 47.8 Splatting 62.4 49% 59.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$4 3,426 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57CZ4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	187% Outstanding	Read 1,923 Write 739 Mixed 1,211 284% 1,291 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 35.7 186% 74.5 MB/s	DQ Read 46 DQ Write 390 DQ Mixed 28.4 78% 155 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 187% Great: 219%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 211442056 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 9160 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 34430763877 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23386 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2694 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 50 504627229 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 127 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 38 38 124139 (C2) HDA temperature 29 50 73014444061 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -73087458468490 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13875192265 (F2) Unknown 100 253 21771030308	94.1% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 160 Mixed 151 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.33 96% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 114%
Seagate ST3320613AS 320GB-$30 12,971 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 298GB free Firmware: SD11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 99021113 (03) Spinup time 97 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 8054 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 5 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 107483142 (09) Power-on hours count 23 23 67806 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 91 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2864 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 51 538247199 (C2) HDA temperature 31 49 73014444063 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 20 20 99021113 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	61.4% Good	Read 115 Write 99.4 Mixed 94.9 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.42 102% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 65%
Seagate ST3320613AS 320GB-$30 12,971 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 213GB free Firmware: SD11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 44686545 (03) Spinup time 97 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6511 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 16 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 532105561 (09) Power-on hours count 24 24 66748 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 59 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2864 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 9 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 50 554958880 (C2) HDA temperature 32 50 77309411360 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 21 44686545 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	61.5% Good	Read 118 Write 96.1 Mixed 101 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.49 110% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 250GB-$23 32,491 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 173GB free Firmware: KC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 2472 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4126 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 168089599 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23380 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1792 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 60 471072796 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 73014444060 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 33 2472 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -65274912941156 (F1) Unknown 100 253 675977673 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3789667954	67.2% Good	Read 119 Write 116 Mixed 112 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.4 90% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 74%
Seagate ST3120813AS 120GB-$98 647 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 111GB free Firmware: 3.AAD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 89 82 76431150 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2361 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 90570749 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5056 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 726 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 57 538837023 (C2) HDA temperature 31 43 34359738399 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 59 48 167528659 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	29.4% Poor	Read 55.5 Write 46.8 Mixed 49.9 38% 50.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.36 80% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 27.4 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 24.2 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 85%

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

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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	275x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	30x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	30x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	30x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16