Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.03% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	74.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

16 months ago, 15 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '23 at 21:57
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 122 2-Core 238 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 579 60% 480 Pts	64-Core 610 38% 610 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740 30,433 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Zotac(19DA 5269) 2GB CLim: 993 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	7.03% Terrible	Lighting 8.1 Reflection 8 Parallax 10.7 7% 8.93 fps	MRender 8.5 Gravity 11 Splatting 9.3 8% 9.6 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.03% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ZTC-SM201-512G 512GB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 295GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0918B SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 135 132 139 141 140 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 491 Write 141 Mixed 198 SusWrite 136 53% 242 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 35 126% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 86 87% 145 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 187 176 187 185 187 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 150 Mixed 84.8 SusWrite 185 111% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 186 177 186 187 186 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 132 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 184 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 1352 SUPERTALENT01 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 1352 SUPERTALENT01 16GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61.4% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 21.4 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns

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

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Typical Z97-E/USB 3.1 Builds (Compare 604 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	253x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	105x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	67x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	65x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	57x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	38x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	31x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	30x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	63x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	14x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	13x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16