Asus Z97-WS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	70.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150226
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '17 at 07:25
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (48^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)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 131 2-Core 253 91% 160 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 700 75% 596 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Asus(1043 8539) CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.9% Very good	Lighting 90.2 Reflection 98.3 Parallax 92.1 74% 93.5 fps	MRender 81.3 Gravity 88.6 Splatting 73.9 66% 81.3 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17684 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1387 (B1) Unknown 94 94 186 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 53 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 662 (F1) Unknown 99 99 38766544456
Poor: 68% Great: 116%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 238GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 6183 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1286 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10206 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 694 (10) Unknown 6 194 107887108156 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 111 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1174 (C2) HDA temperature 122 115 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	64.9% Good	Read 118 Write 108 Mixed 105 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.96 4K Mixed 0.28 112% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 112%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 195GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 170 6391 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1262 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9913 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 695 (10) Unknown 55 145 974591909069 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 109 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1152 (C2) HDA temperature 121 113 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	78.4% Very good	Read 145 Write 128 Mixed 145 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 2.93 4K Mixed 0.23 98% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 577 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	71% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.9 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 22.8 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 87%

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Typical Z97-WS Builds (Compare 141 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 97%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 81%

Aircraft carrier

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 $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	11x

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	6x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 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: 65% - Good

Total price: $1,217

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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