Asus Z97-E

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics7.04% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive74.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z97-E  (all builds)
Memory12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160223
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateAug 06 '18 at 15:10
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing above expectations (81st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
81.4% Excellent
Memory 90
1-Core 111
2-Core 221
80% 141 Pts
4-Core 393
8-Core 585
61% 489 Pts
64-Core 596
37% 596 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 81.4%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT
MSI(1462 1174) 512MB
Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
7.04% Terrible
Lighting 9.5
Reflection 9.31
Parallax 3.41
8% 7.4 fps
MRender 7.95
Gravity 7.13
Splatting 6.13
6% 7.07 fps
Poor: 5%
This bench: 7.04%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251
160GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DXT0AB0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 193 169 172 173 170 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
74.1% Very good
Read 432
Write 241
Mixed 159
SusWrite 182
56% 253 MB/s
4K Read 25.8
4K Write 84.5
4K Mixed 21.7
112% 44 MB/s
DQ Read 352
DQ Write 220
DQ Mixed 56.9
104% 210 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 74.1%
Great: 85%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497
545GB free
Firmware: ST6OA3AA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 105 109 114 113 113 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
62.1% Good
Read 105
Write 104
Mixed 54.2
SusWrite 111
68% 93.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.9
164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 62.1%
Great: 61%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 1600 C7 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
51.5% Above average
MC Read 18
MC Write 18.4
MC Mixed 15.7
50% 17.4 GB/s
SC Read 14.1
SC Write 18.5
SC Mixed 17.2
47% 16.6 GB/s
Latency 67.2
60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 34%
This bench: 51.5%
Great: 75%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z97-E Builds (Compare 693 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-E

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $648
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