Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	13.6% 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	88.1% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20160316
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '23 at 18:48
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4160-$79 48,506 User benchmarks, average bench 55% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 40.1 2-Core 117 53% 82.8 Pts	4-Core 235 8-Core 239 32% 237 Pts	64-Core 206 13% 206 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 67%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Gigabyte(1458 375D) 2GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 522.25 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	13.6% Very poor	Lighting 16.6 Reflection 19.3 Parallax 14.4 14% 16.8 fps	MRender 15.4 Gravity 18.4 Splatting 16.3 14% 16.7 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 492GB free (System drive) Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 363 369 368 369 379 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 374 Write 347 Mixed 291 SusWrite 365 78% 344 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 60 4K Mixed 34.9 116% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 243 205% 301 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 117%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 121GB free Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1305 790 782 837 849 850 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	173% Outstanding	Read 1,138 Write 1,398 Mixed 1,222 SusWrite 902 263% 1165 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 50.8 161% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 645 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 418 328% 462 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 276%
Drevo D1 SSD 240GB 618 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 121GB free Firmware: Q0405A SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 110 95 96 96 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 390 Write 112 Mixed 188 SusWrite 125 45% 204 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 27.9 4K Mixed 17.4 65% 21.2 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 82.2 DQ Mixed 32.3 54% 108 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 18.5 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 17 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 63%

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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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Gaming 42%

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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 $130Bench 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 $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) $29	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