Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	55.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	18.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151207
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '17 at 11:49
Run Duration	1342 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 98 1-Core 132 2-Core 244 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 620 68% 539 Pts	64-Core 618 38% 618 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Lighting 70.8 Reflection 70.3 Parallax 62.5 58% 67.9 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 64.3 Splatting 55.4 51% 63.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 108GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -1606316829514 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 348 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 348 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 105 105 10849533 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 348 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 649368 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 11 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 649368 (F2) Unknown 100 100 85524 (F9) Unknown 100 100 29596	78.4% Very good	Read 503 Write 155 Mixed 229 64% 295 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 22.6 142% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 60.2 76% 134 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 88%
Toshiba HG5d Q Series 128GB 2,624 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 48GB free Firmware: HTRAN101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 37183 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 396 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 187 187 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 346 (C2) HDA temperature 69 56 188979871775 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	111% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 474 Mixed 500 111% 496 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 42.8 152% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 182 173% 273 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 102%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 2TB 7,767 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 118 Write 107 Mixed 100 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.23 69% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 123%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 759GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 7 (03) Spinup time 184 174 3766 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1065 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13745 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 203 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 177 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8303 (C2) HDA temperature 115 102 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0
Poor: 40% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 296GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 174 1916 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 370 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 41 41 43359 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 286 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 224 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 145 (C2) HDA temperature 112 98 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	78.9% Very good	Read 145 Write 129 Mixed 123 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.2 113% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 109%
Generic- SD/MMC/MS/MSPRO 2GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 2GB free, PID 0307 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	0.56% Terrible	Read 0.85 Write 0.85 Mixed 0.85 1% 0.85 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.03 4% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.56% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 27.7 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 27.2 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 46.1 87% 46.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 119%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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	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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	30x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16