Asus Z97-WS

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% 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	64.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-WS (all builds)
Memory	29.8 GB free of 16 GB
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160114
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '17 at 22:04
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 136 2-Core 275 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 731 75% 606 Pts	64-Core 731 45% 731 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 150 Parallax 140 113% 143 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 133 Splatting 107 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OWC Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD 480GB 83 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 286GB free (System drive) Firmware: MV.R00-0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	64.3% Good	Read 739 Write 275 Mixed 326 98% 447 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 15.6 4K Mixed 12.7 57% 16.5 MB/s	DQ Read 23.2 DQ Write 17.9 DQ Mixed 84.2 46% 41.8 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 172735744 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8812 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 23870036 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5291 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4334 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 60 522125343 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1279 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 41252 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 34359738399 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 101155069756953 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21866391994144 (F2) Unknown 100 253 55795108554303	116% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 199 Mixed 178 146% 194 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.37 100% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 78719088 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8664 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 1872298 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4153 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4307 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 68 64 17718837280 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1828 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20445 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 -140737488355296 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 69621419868702 (F1) Unknown 100 253 31333417531346 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18893414671604	94.9% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 177 Mixed 156 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.35 98% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 65535 MHz clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing below potential (97^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	89.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 28 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 29.8 72% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 45.6 88% 45.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 88%

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Gaming 97%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 81%

Aircraft carrier

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 $182	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) $30	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