Asus Z97-E

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	18.5% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '17 at 20:46
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th 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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 249 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 488 65% 486 Pts	64-Core 494 31% 494 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Asus(1043 84DD) 2GB CLim: 1398 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 353.62 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Lighting 23.2 Reflection 18.5 Parallax 21 19% 20.9 fps	MRender 26.9 Gravity 21.1 Splatting 18.3 18% 22.1 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 134924059 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 174 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 19592207 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -135927124983046 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 164 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 64 488308765 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4591 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 68719476765 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 2203318223453 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8943536290 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4826696061	91.9% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 154 Mixed 120 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.28 86% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 364GB free Firmware: HP16 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 64 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4723 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 59 176169049540 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15697 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4570 (B4) Unknown 100 100 3896319863 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 25770262630 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 59 103634829345 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1633 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4753 (C2) HDA temperature 33 41 -140737488355295 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 10 64 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	65.7% Good	Read 112 Write 117 Mixed 105 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.58 97% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 75%
Seagate ST310005 28AS 1TB 6,973 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 251GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC3E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 118081410 (03) Spinup time 95 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9936 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 392225543 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17213 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4913 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 178 (BC) Unknown 100 97 137444262013 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 61 521928735 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 60129542175 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 25 118081410 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -73890617329278 (F1) Unknown 100 253 205526490 (F2) Unknown 100 253 235213052	47.1% Average	Read 76.4 Write 87.7 Mixed 68.7 58% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.39 97% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 3,923 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.6% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 21 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 20.4 58% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 66%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	30x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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 $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