Asus Z97-WS

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 46.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	92.3% 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	53.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-WS (all builds)
Memory	20.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140425
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '24 at 20:12
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	46.9% Average	Memory 73.2 1-Core 20.6 2-Core 43.4 34% 45.7 Pts	4-Core 113 8-Core 353 26% 233 Pts	64-Core 566 35% 566 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.01 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.3% Outstanding	Lighting 109 Reflection 179 Parallax 122 89% 137 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 132 Splatting 118 99% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 206GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 264 305 218 66 48 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 406 Write 348 Mixed 300 SusWrite 195 70% 312 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 23.9 4K Mixed 16.3 56% 18.4 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 108 102% 161 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 126%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 133 133 134 136 134 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 150 Write 100 Mixed 95.3 SusWrite 132 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 204% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 101%
Seagate Portable 5TB 3,819 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0712 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 92 96 96 93 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	47% Average	Read 70.8 Write 78.2 Mixed 68.4 SusWrite 92.4 57% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.6 155% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2666 C12 4x8GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2667 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (87^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.1% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 28 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 8 18% 6.43 GB/s	Latency 93.4 43% 93.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 86%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	30	9	60	27"	1280 720	ACI27B2 PA279

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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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	11x

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $88Bench 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: 64% - Good

Total price: $1,239

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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