Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160316
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '18 at 21:57
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 (100^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 119 2-Core 232 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 651 65% 529 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.5% 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: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 116 Parallax 109 90% 112 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 96.1 Splatting 102 81% 98.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87% 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 (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 139 3950 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2490 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12663 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 239 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 112 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6696 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 88 88 9489 (F1) Unknown 200 200 11026316548 (F2) Unknown 200 200 12554542737	66.2% Good	Read 117 Write 113 Mixed 108 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.48 113% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 69%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$37 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 137 4133 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 345 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 30919 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 321 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 179 (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 29209 (F1) Unknown 200 200 29094539346 (F2) Unknown 200 200 48860500765	64.6% Good	Read 118 Write 107 Mixed 102 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.22 81% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 70%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 115GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2225 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4143 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18032 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 506 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 355 (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	71.7% Very good	Read 132 Write 118 Mixed 108 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.16 79% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.7% 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 115 99 89574994 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2526 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 387232446 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 31719 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 345 (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 71 52 505217053 (C2) HDA temperature 29 48 73014444061 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 24 89574994 (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 -19095424565779 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3747510706 (F2) Unknown 100 253 331635654	45.1% Average	Read 77.8 Write 79.4 Mixed 76.1 59% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.41 92% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.1% 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% 1648, 1648, 1648, 1648 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	62.9% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.1 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 20.9 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 62%

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Typical Z97-E/USB 3.1 Builds (Compare 602 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	252x
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 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	30x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	30x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

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) $35	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