Asus Z97-WS

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	134% 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	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-WS (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160114
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '20 at 15:38
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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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 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 (86^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 213 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 644 65% 529 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73% Very good	Lighting 83.3 Reflection 96.2 Parallax 78.1 68% 85.9 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 83.3 Splatting 107 83% 101 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 230 206 235 270 259 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 658 Write 557 Mixed 397 SusWrite 276 105% 472 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 50.6 197% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 764 DQ Write 625 DQ Mixed 623 486% 671 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 236%
WDC WD60EFAX-68JH4N0 6TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 3.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 158 156 157 156 155 MB/s Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	19.4% Very poor	Read 147 Write 152 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 156 29% 130 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 12 4K Mixed 1 13% 5.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1.3 DQ Write 10.8 DQ Mixed 1.8 3% 4.63 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 73%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 200GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 40 38 44 43 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Read 20 Write 26.2 Mixed 18.5 SusWrite 40.5 19% 26.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 26% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 87%
WD My Passport 2626 4TB 2,594 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1.5TB free, PID 2626 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 31 32 34 33 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Read 50.5 Write 30 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 32.6 42% 33.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.4 52% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown-D3-1600-MR 0821 08G-D3-1600-MR 0821 08G-D3-1600-MR 08G-D3-1600-MR 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.8% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 17.5 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 17.2 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 61%

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

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Gaming 97%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

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 $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	13x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	13x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	11x

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $80Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	6x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $170Bench 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: 64% - Good

Total price: $1,231

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16