Asus Z97-E

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	37.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	94.8% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151207
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	May 02 '20 at 16:26
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Memory 78.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 212 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 336 8-Core 482 51% 409 Pts	64-Core 554 34% 554 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1575 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 20.2.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Lighting 48.9 Reflection 35.3 Parallax 65.3 40% 49.8 fps	MRender 33.5 Gravity 45.7 Splatting 43.7 34% 41 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 155 152 142 151 149 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 434 Write 358 Mixed 354 SusWrite 179 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 87.3 4K Mixed 48.5 162% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 356 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 124%
MB4000GDUPB 4TB 99 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2.5TB free Firmware: HPG4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 110 108 113 115 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 128 Write 140 Mixed 52 SusWrite 110 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 96%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 865GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 139 132 134 136 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 214 Write 170 Mixed 116 SusWrite 135 117% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 109%
WL6000GSA6472E 6TB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01RA2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 72 75 73 76 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 78.5 Write 108 Mixed 66 SusWrite 75.9 61% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 94%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1TB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 121 119 122 123 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 166 Write 137 Mixed 69 SusWrite 121 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 96%
Kingston SNA-DC/U 1TB 593 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 818GB free, PID 6298 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 39 39 38 39 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	20.8% Poor	Read 37.5 Write 31.5 Mixed 32 SusWrite 39 47% 35 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	43% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 13.4 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 12.7 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 84.1 48% 84.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 60%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-E

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	275x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	181x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	72x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	48x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	40x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	47x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	30x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	30x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	30x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	24x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	21x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16