Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	72.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160316
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '19 at 02:29
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 136 2-Core 259 93% 164 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 722 73% 590 Pts	64-Core 728 45% 728 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.5% Very good	Lighting 86.3 Reflection 92.6 Parallax 71.3 70% 83.4 fps	MRender 94.5 Gravity 90.1 Splatting 95.9 77% 93.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 128 118 119 119 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 467 Write 132 Mixed 127 SusWrite 122 46% 212 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 22 130% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 48 83% 168 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 73%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 230GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 29 38 43 47 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 91.1 Write 20.5 Mixed 21.1 SusWrite 39.7 31% 43.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 72% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 107%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 246GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 40 41 40 41 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Read 41.3 Write 40 Mixed 31.6 SusWrite 40.9 52% 38.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 60% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 49%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 2TB 2,127 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 763GB free, PID 5071 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 40 39 38 39 39 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Read 38.4 Write 9.2 Mixed 16.7 SusWrite 39.1 32% 25.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 88% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 18%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 8GB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 7GB free, PID 0041 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.9 7.3 7.2 7.2 7.3 7.1 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	8.54% Terrible	Read 26.6 Write 6 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 7.1 11% 11 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 49% 4.43 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.54% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 28.6 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 28.7 72% 25 GB/s	Latency 48.2 83% 48.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 87%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	253x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	105x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	67x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	65x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	57x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	38x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	31x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	30x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	63x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	14x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	13x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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