Asus Z97-WS

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	58.8% 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	245% 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	21.3 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	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '18 at 14:35
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 (100^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 266 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 726 75% 605 Pts	64-Core 715 44% 715 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.5% 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: 1250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.6.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Lighting 73.4 Reflection 62.6 Parallax 90.8 60% 75.6 fps	MRender 62.4 Gravity 61.8 Splatting 79.3 57% 67.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.8% 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% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 895 892 892 888 867 857 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 2,058 Write 908 Mixed 688 SusWrite 882 250% 1,134 MB/s	4K Read 52.2 4K Write 187 4K Mixed 61.4 257% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 1,055 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 375 358% 584 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 243%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 120GB 699 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 37GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 116 113 111 116 112 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 367 Write 112 Mixed 148 SusWrite 114 41% 185 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 78 4K Mixed 26.4 114% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 79.4 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 84.2 68% 95 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 94%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 63GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 276 290 314 306 320 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 949 Write 298 Mixed 348 SusWrite 296 104% 473 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 41.6 164% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 201 172% 250 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 541GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 251 250 249 251 251 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	163% Outstanding	Read 316 Write 242 Mixed 49.3 SusWrite 251 155% 215 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 1.4 286% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 184%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 810GB free Firmware: SC11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 182 182 180 179 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 158 Mixed 71 SusWrite 181 103% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 98%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 441GB free Firmware: 20.01H20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 119 118 119 118 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 110 Write 108 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 118 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 65.3% 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 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.4 6.4 8.6 11 11 11 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 89.2 Write 11.8 Mixed 10.7 SusWrite 9.4 28% 30.3 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 20% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 16.5% 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	68.8% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 20.8 68% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 21.7 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 56.6 71% 56.6 ns

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Gaming 97%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 81%

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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 $499Bench 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 $84Bench 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: 63% - Good

Total price: $1,250

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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