Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 63.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	87.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.5% 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.

Very high background CPU (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	19.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160316
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '20 at 15:12
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	65%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Memory 81.3 1-Core 83.3 2-Core 150 63% 105 Pts	4-Core 251 8-Core 548 46% 400 Pts	64-Core 526 32% 526 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.7% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 114 Parallax 110 89% 111 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 110 Splatting 99.2 85% 105 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC480G1CS1754D117-514 480GB 2,428 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS111101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 336 352 337 321 209 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 293 Write 323 Mixed 228 SusWrite 311 65% 289 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 45.9 4K Mixed 22.4 76% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 186 164% 245 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 99%
WD Black 4TB (2012)-$323 4,113 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 815GB free Firmware: 01.01L01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 154 153 155 157 156 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 152 Mixed 88.7 SusWrite 154 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.9 193% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 93%
WD Black 4TB (2012)-$323 4,113 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01L01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 142 143 143 142 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 147 Write 141 Mixed 96 SusWrite 142 97% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1 198% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 93%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 82.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 56 57 57 56 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 77 Write 54 Mixed 44.7 SusWrite 55.8 43% 57.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 88%
WD Black 4TB (2012)-$323 4,113 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01L01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 43 43 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 150 Write 42.2 Mixed 50 SusWrite 42.3 52% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 4x8GB 1,306 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	54% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 17.4 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 12.4 36% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 75%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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	104x
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 $109Bench 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 $179	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