Asus Z97-WS

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.2% 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	219% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-WS (all builds)
Memory	21 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160114
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '18 at 14:12
Run Duration	335 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 139 2-Core 271 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 719 71% 580 Pts	64-Core 719 44% 719 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4963 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% XFX(1682 9395) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.6.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Lighting 74.2 Reflection 62.6 Parallax 89.9 60% 75.6 fps	MRender 62.2 Gravity 61.8 Splatting 79.4 57% 67.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 212GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 1,972 Write 887 Mixed 1,083 288% 1,314 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 51.1 227% 88.5 MB/s	DQ Read 472 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 188 196% 326 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 243%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 63GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 981 Write 219 Mixed 419 117% 540 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 24.1 147% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 88.3 126% 233 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 133%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 120GB 699 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 37GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 400 Write 120 Mixed 193 52% 238 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 79.7 4K Mixed 16.3 101% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 101 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 35.2 47% 83.5 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 94%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 800GB free Firmware: SC11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 103059280 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 174 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 617719491 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14785 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 74 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 1571 (BE) vendor-specific 71 53 488374301 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 60 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 202 (C2) HDA temperature 29 47 85899345949 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	86.8% Excellent	Read 158 Write 145 Mixed 136 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.17 87% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 98%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 548GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 272 Write 253 Mixed 226 188% 250 MB/s	4K Read 1.58 4K Write 3.26 4K Mixed 0.93 229% 1.92 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 184%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 442GB free Firmware: 20.01H20 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 139 4000 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 669 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10251 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 669 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 149 149 154239 (C2) HDA temperature 113 97 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 90 90 7893 (F1) Unknown 200 200 8216044960 (F2) Unknown 200 200 6557521215	63% Good	Read 109 Write 111 Mixed 107 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.43 104% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 69%
Patriot Supersonic Pulse USB 3.0 16GB-$58 35 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 14GB free, PID 0916 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Read 67.2 Write 8.99 Mixed 11.5 26% 29.2 MB/s	4K Read 2.78 4K Write 0.35 4K Mixed 0.008 22% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U6AFR8C-PB 1321 SP008GXLYU240NSA HMT451U6AFR8C-PB 1321 SP008GXLYU240NSA 24GB 1600, 2400, 1600, 2400 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58.8% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.6 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 19.5 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns

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Gaming 97%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 81%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Asus Z97-WS - $318

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	76x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	22x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	13x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	13x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	13x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	11x

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	6x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	5x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	6x
RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 54%, 8,026 samples	5x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	4x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $1,217

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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