Asus Z97-E

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	93% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '18 at 19:29
Run Duration	328 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 231 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 457 61% 457 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1515 MHz, MLim: 1760 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Lighting 67.2 Reflection 70.1 Parallax 63.3 55% 66.9 fps	MRender 74.2 Gravity 62.7 Splatting 56.1 52% 64.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$45 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 405GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR010 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th 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 29 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 67 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (B4) Unknown 0 0 40 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 54 197568495657 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 515846481 (F7) Unknown 100 100 8790471 (F8) Unknown 100 100 7973681	93% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 390 Mixed 413 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 84.9 4K Mixed 30.3 140% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 36.1 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 21.1 56% 110 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 125%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 31GB free Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 643 Write 544 Mixed 596 133% 595 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 20.7 122% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 412 DQ Mixed 98.2 143% 260 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 157%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 276GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 226831464 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 16244 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 47 46 3040873685342 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8748 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2847 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 115 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 55 521404447 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 41077 (C2) HDA temperature 31 45 64424509471 (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 -82781199660235 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18707375092 (F2) Unknown 100 253 332294130087	60.1% Good	Read 116 Write 93.8 Mixed 114 82% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.19 62% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 113%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 7GB free, PID 5567, SanDisk Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	10.7% Very poor	Read 20.7 Write 3.95 Mixed 7.03 10% 10.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.87 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 1.36 127% 2.39 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 12,350 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.5 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 13.9 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 57.6 70% 57.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 64%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

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 $80Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16