Asus Z97-WS

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	51% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	160% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-WS (all builds)
Memory	25.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160114
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '18 at 06:59
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 (99^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 261 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 651 70% 559 Pts	64-Core 687 42% 687 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB CLim: 947 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	51% Above average	Lighting 63.1 Reflection 56.4 Parallax 82.7 52% 67.4 fps	MRender 55.8 Gravity 50.7 Splatting 72.4 50% 59.6 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 215GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 616 408 224 186 181 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	160% Outstanding	Read 1,548 Write 1,124 Mixed 613 SusWrite 294 198% 895 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 50.2 183% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 522 DQ Write 546 DQ Mixed 451 362% 507 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 160% Great: 182%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 250GB-$50 5,775 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 199GB free Firmware: X61110RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 205 200 199 195 191 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 342 Write 328 Mixed 272 SusWrite 209 65% 288 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 73.2 4K Mixed 39.4 132% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 222 173% 238 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 171 170 161 172 170 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Read 138 Write 150 Mixed 62 SusWrite 169 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 68% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 90%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2TB free Firmware: 0406 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 152 149 147 152 155 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 62.3 Write 112 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 150 64% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.6 182% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 924 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61.2% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 20.7 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 85%

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Gaming 97%

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Desktop 85%

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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 $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 $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 $182	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) $30	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