Asus Z97-E

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	16.6% 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	90.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150213
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '24 at 16:23
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Memory 81.2 1-Core 92.1 2-Core 171 67% 115 Pts	4-Core 302 8-Core 307 41% 305 Pts	64-Core 276 17% 276 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Zotac(19DA 1346) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	16.6% Very poor	Lighting 20.3 Reflection 17.7 Parallax 20.1 16% 19.4 fps	MRender 24 Gravity 22.2 Splatting 16.4 17% 20.9 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 2TB-$180 31,076 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 407 403 432 423 435 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 431 Write 361 Mixed 343 SusWrite 411 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 53.1 4K Mixed 30.8 106% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 288 229% 319 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 136%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 324GB free Firmware: HP73 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 106 106 105 106 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 115 Write 111 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 105 72% 98 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 196 203 201 195 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 147 Mixed 88 SusWrite 195 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 0815 IM34GU48C16-999HB 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 0815 IM34GU48C16-999HB 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.7% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 17.2 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 17.5 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 80.2 50% 80.2 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	69	56	60	24"	1280 720	ACI2494 VE248

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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 $94Bench 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 $269	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 $40	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