Asus Z97-E

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 98.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	37.7% 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	119% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150520
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '16 at 11:21
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 146 2-Core 297 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 586 8-Core 582 78% 584 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 1962) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Lighting 48.8 Reflection 48.2 Parallax 41.8 40% 46.3 fps	MRender 41.6 Gravity 43.6 Splatting 39.1 34% 41.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2050 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 875 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (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 64 62 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 158 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8030027174	119% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 415 Mixed 423 100% 452 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 48.9 190% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 111 142% 256 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 176 6050 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 993 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1156 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 502 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 117 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5639 (C2) HDA temperature 124 120 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	66.3% Good	Read 112 Write 119 Mixed 120 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.2 104% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 83%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 64GB-$23 12,481 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 58GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	11.7% Very poor	Read 32.3 Write 14.1 Mixed 15.1 23% 20.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.21 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.8 75% 1.99 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 39%
Sony Micro Vault Mach USB 3.0 16GB-$42 306 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 11GB free, PID 05b9 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	35.2% Below average	Read 205 Write 9.6 Mixed 13 57% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 13.4 4K Write 0.06 4K Mixed 0.05 54% 4.52 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 44,086 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.6% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 20.6 63% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 20.5 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 64%

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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 $273	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 $186	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