Asus Z97-WS

Performance Results


Gaming 134% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 112% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	133% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	292% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-WS (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160114
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '17 at 22:32
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (96^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 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 140 2-Core 274 96% 171 Pts	4-Core 559 8-Core 736 82% 648 Pts	64-Core 738 46% 738 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360A) ≥ 4GB; MSI 1080 ti DUKE CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 203 Parallax 179 152% 190 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 182 Splatting 129 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 112GB free Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 2016 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1257 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 43 (A8) Unknown 100 100 64 (A9) Unknown 100 100 711 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 16 (AE) Unknown 100 100 228 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 40 171800002587 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 53 (E8) Unknown 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4288 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2866 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4196 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	113% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 492 Mixed 478 110% 492 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 31.5 160% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 65.8 127% 255 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 114%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 84GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q 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 99 99 326 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 358 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 72 62 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 101 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1518221310
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	292% Outstanding	Read 2,805 Write 1,365 Mixed 1,335 402% 1,835 MB/s	4K Read 62.2 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 50.9 251% 95.5 MB/s	DQ Read 566 DQ Write 425 DQ Mixed 213 236% 402 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 292% Great: 254%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 625GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65536 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 90 (03) Spinup time 132 132 25786777913 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3598 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7689 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3596 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7464 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7464 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 210454249499 (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	69.8% Good	Read 128 Write 115 Mixed 107 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.39 90% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 8,026 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 2333 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 27 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 27.6 72% 25 GB/s	Latency 46.3 86% 46.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 71%

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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 $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