Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.1% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160316
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '18 at 19:36
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 72.2 1-Core 117 2-Core 238 78% 143 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 652 68% 543 Pts	64-Core 651 40% 651 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 115 Parallax 97.3 90% 108 fps	MRender 97.2 Gravity 100 Splatting 97.7 80% 98.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 303GB free Firmware: 20.01H20 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 139 3966 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2486 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12660 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 237 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 110 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6672 (C2) HDA temperature 113 99 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 88 88 9489 (F1) Unknown 200 200 11024153865 (F2) Unknown 200 200 12553549602	66.7% Good	Read 118 Write 114 Mixed 111 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.28 91% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 69%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$43 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 137 4108 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 343 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 30916 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 319 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 177 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 165 (C2) HDA temperature 113 88 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 60 60 29206 (F1) Unknown 200 200 29077442228 (F2) Unknown 200 200 48831943495	61.4% Good	Read 110 Write 104 Mixed 96 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.33 94% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 70%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 115GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4141 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18030 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 504 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 353 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3787 (C2) HDA temperature 116 99 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	72.7% Very good	Read 138 Write 115 Mixed 89 85% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.19 79% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 45GB free Firmware: JC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 79375988 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2524 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 387224449 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 31717 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 343 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 52 504627230 (C2) HDA temperature 30 48 73014444062 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 24 79375988 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -67525475795483 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3798896928 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4096601940	44.8% Average	Read 75.4 Write 80.6 Mixed 80.8 60% 78.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.38 89% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMV4GX3M1A1333C9 1302 1333EL Series Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 0215 CMV4GX3M1A1333C9 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 824, 824, 824, 824 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 8.6 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 10.9 SC Mixed 10.4 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 96.4 42% 96.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 62%

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

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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	104x
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 $130Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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