Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	132% 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	117% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160316
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '18 at 12:52
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 (99^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 693 71% 575 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2955 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 197 Parallax 182 152% 189 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 182 Splatting 127 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5630 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 656 (B1) Unknown 98 98 30 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 53 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 22 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21885181765	117% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 411 Mixed 418 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 50.6 189% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 130 147% 252 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 134%
Seagate ST3160812AS 160GB-$47 10,399 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 98GB free Firmware: 3.ADH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 85 166368323 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2644 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 175681821 (09) Power-on hours count 40 40 53219 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3188 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 64 64 36 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 554893345 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 30064771105 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 45 220336776 (C5) Current pending sector count 94 93 135 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 94 93 135 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	27.9% Poor	Read 48.4 Write 48.5 Mixed 46.5 36% 47.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.37 84% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 40%
Hitachi HDT725032VLA380 320GB-$36 4,086 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 84GB free Firmware: V54OA7BA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 89 0 (02) Throughput performance 166 100 170 (03) Spinup time 141 100 25786122520 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8545 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 100 33 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 65800 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 95 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3872 (C0) Power-off retract count 84 84 20322 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 20322 (C2) HDA temperature 214 98 261993398300 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0	36% Below average	Read 60.7 Write 64.3 Mixed 61.5 47% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.26 76% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 40%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$88 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 45GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 133 4191 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2181 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12157 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 773 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 121 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 17630 (C2) HDA temperature 117 101 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	71.1% Very good	Read 135 Write 113 Mixed 114 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.26 89% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	61.4% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.8 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 19.7 56% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	253x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	105x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	67x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	65x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	57x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	38x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	31x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	30x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	63x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	14x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	13x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16