Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 64%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive76.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory18GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 18GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z97-E/USB 3.1  (all builds)
Memory11.3 GB free of 18 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150205
Uptime6.1 Days
Run DateDec 10 '17 at 01:29
Run Duration174 Seconds
Run User ARG-User
Background CPU 31%
Watch Gameplay: 1080 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (43rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
76% Very good
Memory 81
1-Core 115
2-Core 217
78% 138 Pts
4-Core 394
8-Core 495
57% 445 Pts
64-Core 656
41% 656 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 76%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
101% Outstanding
Lighting 131
Reflection 146
Parallax 140
106% 139 fps
MRender 105
Gravity 132
Splatting 103
92% 113 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 101%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85
121GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFC12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
76.5% Very good
Read 501
Write 347
Mixed 357
89% 402 MB/s
4K Read 27.9
4K Write 68.7
4K Mixed 9.67
91% 35.4 MB/s
DQ Read 237
DQ Write 199
DQ Mixed 45.8
81% 161 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 76.5%
Great: 97%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB
166GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
173% Outstanding
Read 338
Write 267
Mixed 232
208% 279 MB/s
4K Read 0.65
4K Write 3.48
4K Mixed 0.32
127% 1.48 MB/s
Poor: 75%
This bench: 173%
Great: 213%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29
89GB free
Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
51.8% Above average
Read 90.9
Write 89.5
Mixed 94.9
69% 91.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.63
4K Write 1.84
4K Mixed 0.32
96% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 51.8%
Great: 69%
Seagate ST3120211AS 120GB
31GB free
Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
16.4% Very poor
Read 28.3
Write 28.6
Mixed 27.8
21% 28.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.61
4K Write 0.85
4K Mixed 0.32
76% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 15%
This bench: 16.4%
Great: 33%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 99U5403-034.A00G 99U5403-034.A00G 99U5471-052.A00LF MINPO 18GB
1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz
4096, 4096, 8192, 2048 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
39.6% Below average
MC Read 12.9
MC Write 16.3
MC Mixed 12.3
40% 13.8 GB/s
SC Read 7.6
SC Write 11.9
SC Mixed 9.6
28% 9.7 GB/s
Latency 78.8
51% 78.8 ns

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97-E/USB 3.1 Builds (Compare 603 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $648
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