Asus Z97-E

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	85.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '18 at 20:38
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	0%

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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 138 2-Core 272 95% 169 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 723 75% 605 Pts	64-Core 723 45% 723 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston RBU-SC400S37128G 128GB 864 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 118GB free Firmware: 505ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3941046 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 122844654611803 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2460 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 685 (B1) Unknown 0 0 20 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 65 42953932826 (C2) HDA temperature 26 65 42953932826 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3941046 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3941046 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3941046 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 92 92 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 45120 (EA) Unknown 0 0 18972 (F1) Unknown 0 0 18972 (F2) Unknown 0 0 22720	70.1% Very good	Read 521 Write 158 Mixed 221 65% 300 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 12.3 125% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 36.6 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 14.9 35% 69.5 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 82%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1777 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1167 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 72 (A3) Unknown 100 100 19 (A4) Unknown 100 100 106381 (A5) Unknown 100 100 149 (A6) Unknown 100 100 51 (A7) Unknown 100 100 102 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 202 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 394793 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 516790 (F2) Unknown 100 100 269119 (F5) Unknown 100 100 851048	85.8% Excellent	Read 525 Write 364 Mixed 418 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 23.9 135% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 32 DQ Write 97.2 DQ Mixed 61.3 48% 63.5 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 929GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 222632936 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3399 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 493716812 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18673 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2388 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 78 78 22 (BC) Unknown 100 98 12885098546 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 75 46 454361113 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 500 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 56454 (C2) HDA temperature 25 54 38654705689 (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 95790655617299 (F1) Unknown 100 253 103450336540 (F2) Unknown 100 253 112531414626	102% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 182 Mixed 163 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.34 108% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65 22,230 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 263GB free Firmware: HP34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 148060093 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8320 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 5 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 302914307 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14114 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2665 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2079924389 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 4295032847 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 45 521732123 (C2) HDA temperature 27 55 17179869211 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 23 148060093 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 5 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3	49.5% Average	Read 88.3 Write 84.3 Mixed 91.1 66% 87.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.37 86% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 65%
ST350083 0A 500GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 389GB free, PID 2506 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Read 40.5 Write 39.2 Mixed 39.4 51% 39.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.4 61% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 19%
Samsung S2 Portable 250GB 297 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 89GB free, PID 1f02 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	20.5% Poor	Read 39 Write 42.7 Mixed 39.6 53% 40.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.34 73% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown AG34G2130U1S 4x4GB 120 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2176 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 24.7 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 26.5 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 48.2 83% 48.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 79%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-E

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	275x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	181x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	72x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	48x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	40x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	47x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	30x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $51Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	30x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	30x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	24x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	21x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16