Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 49.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	85.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	57.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	0.2 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150205
Uptime	11.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '19 at 18:24
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Memory 53.9 1-Core 86.1 2-Core 160 56% 99.9 Pts	4-Core 249 8-Core 349 38% 299 Pts	64-Core 315 20% 315 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 118 Parallax 110 87% 112 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 98.4 Splatting 104 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 42 33 31 33 34 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 305 Write 48 Mixed 83 SusWrite 36.9 26% 118 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 59.7 4K Mixed 29.6 108% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 75.2 DQ Mixed 116 114% 190 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 106GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 349 263 242 215 195 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 285 Write 276 Mixed 299 SusWrite 279 64% 285 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 53.4 4K Mixed 50.9 139% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 355 267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 1x4GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	MC Read 8.2 MC Write 8.7 MC Mixed 7.3 23% 8.07 GB/s	SC Read 4.9 SC Write 3 SC Mixed 5.6 13% 4.5 GB/s	Latency 147 27% 147 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 32%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	253x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	105x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	67x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	65x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	57x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	38x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	31x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	30x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	63x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	14x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	13x

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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $176	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