Asus Z97-WS

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	101% 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.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-WS (all builds)
Memory	11.3 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 17 '23 at 18:25
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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-$75 176,321 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 (82^nd percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 86.8 1-Core 105 2-Core 181 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 506 53% 424 Pts	64-Core 512 32% 512 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 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 (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.5% Very good	Lighting 95.1 Reflection 106 Parallax 96.4 78% 99.1 fps	MRender 92.3 Gravity 96.2 Splatting 95.2 78% 94.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7PD480HAGM-000DA 480GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 348GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM02W1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 390 408 427 433 431 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 222 Mixed 296 SusWrite 385 77% 347 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 77.5 4K Mixed 39.8 140% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 156 164% 272 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%
Hitachi HUA722010CLA330 1TB-$49 10,195 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 890GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 135 135 137 134 135 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 119 Write 131 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 130 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 71.4% 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	32.1% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 10.8 MC Mixed 8.5 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 10.5 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.1% 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%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 81%

Aircraft carrier

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 $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	13x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	11x

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $74Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	6x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $170Bench 416%, 138,083 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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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $1,225

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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