Asus Z97-E

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	25.2% 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	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	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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141112
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '17 at 19:40
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 117 2-Core 236 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 449 59% 445 Pts	64-Core 443 27% 443 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% XFX(1682 3220) 3GB CLim: 800 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.2% Poor	Lighting 32.5 Reflection 23.6 Parallax 40.8 26% 32.3 fps	MRender 22.8 Gravity 30.8 Splatting 29.2 23% 27.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 70GB free Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 95554433305621 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 237 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 234 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 23849 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 23849 (F2) Unknown 100 100 52134 (F9) Unknown 100 100 2112	52.4% Above average	Read 501 Write 97.1 Mixed 168 55% 255 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 16.9 4K Mixed 18.4 78% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 93.7 DQ Write 40.1 DQ Mixed 49.6 41% 61.1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 80%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 291GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 146 143 3700 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2171 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11530 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2123 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 179 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 172 172 86347 (C2) HDA temperature 114 104 29 (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 200 196 10 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	50% Above average	Read 88.9 Write 85.2 Mixed 72.4 62% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.28 82% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 27,024 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 19.2 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 17.6 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 63%

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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 $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