Asus Z97-WS

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	72.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	98% 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

16 months ago, 16 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-WS (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160114
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '23 at 21:14
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$65 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 102 2-Core 192 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 336 8-Core 492 52% 414 Pts	64-Core 502 31% 502 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.24 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.3% Very good	Lighting 88.6 Reflection 99 Parallax 89.7 72% 92.4 fps	MRender 87.3 Gravity 88.3 Splatting 89.2 72% 88.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7PD480HAGM-000DA 480GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 350GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM02W1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 373 388 423 430 428 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	98% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 214 Mixed 304 SusWrite 374 76% 342 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 76.6 4K Mixed 36.3 133% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 165 171% 281 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 109%
Hitachi HUA722010CLA330 1TB-$45 10,195 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 890GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 133 135 136 134 137 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 108 Write 124 Mixed 67.6 SusWrite 130 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73EB0-YK0 2x8GB 4,871 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.8% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 8.5 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 9.9 30% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 61%

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

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Gaming 97%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 81%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-WS - $318

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	76x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	22x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	13x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	13x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	13x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	11x

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $84Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	6x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $171Bench 402%, 182,136 samples	5x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	6x
RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 54%, 8,026 samples	5x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	4x

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