Asus Z97-WS

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	135% 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 Drive	79.8% 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-WS (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '17 at 00:11
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 261 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 682 72% 579 Pts	64-Core 683 42% 683 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3605) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 3004 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 190 Reflection 218 Parallax 188 155% 199 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 185 Splatting 134 123% 152 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 301GB free Firmware: 0171 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 760 Write 417 Mixed 629 133% 602 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 19.8 154% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 160 142% 219 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 230%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 301GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 903 Write 403 Mixed 606 140% 637 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 34.7 176% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 21.8 79% 182 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 243%
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB-$80 4,893 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 118 187900412 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 88158498737657 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 240 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 17138 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 187900412 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 187900412 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 187900412 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6419 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3326 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3326 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3126	79.8% Very good	Read 480 Write 250 Mixed 259 72% 330 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 16.3 120% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 48 91% 182 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 91%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 394GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 86 86 4453 (04) Start/Stop count 77 77 23842 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4798 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 19 (0C) Power cycle count 83 83 17275 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 49 223339085849 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 599 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 19 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 149174	38.1% Below average	Read 65.8 Write 67 Mixed 65.7 50% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.19 62% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,124 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 18.6 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 20 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 62%

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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 $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	13x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	11x

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	6x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 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: $1,217

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16