Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 96%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	110% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	6086 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150520
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 03 '19 at 15:09
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 108 2-Core 259 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 698 76% 605 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.3% Good	Lighting 83.3 Reflection 88.9 Parallax 79.8 68% 84 fps	MRender 81.8 Gravity 75.4 Splatting 67.2 60% 74.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 274 276 275 275 274 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 445 Mixed 368 SusWrite 295 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 52 186% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 234 210% 318 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 118%
Kingston HyperX 120GB 3,401 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 26GB free Firmware: 332ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 137 107 129 134 136 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 399 Write 152 Mixed 200 SusWrite 129 48% 220 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 33.4 143% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 168 125% 167 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 81%
WD My Passport 0830 1TB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 746GB free Firmware: 1065 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 41 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	23.4% Poor	Read 39.5 Write 40 Mixed 32.3 SusWrite 41.6 28% 38.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 152% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 63%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 47 51 53 46 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 77.2 Write 49 Mixed 39.2 SusWrite 52.6 40% 54.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 27.8 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 26.9 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 45 89% 45 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 88%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	252x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	104x
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 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	30x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	30x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	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