Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	103% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160316
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '17 at 22:35
Run Duration	104 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5775C-$250 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 85% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 726 75% 603 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% MSI(1462 3080) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1075 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.6.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Lighting 76.6 Reflection 65 Parallax 99.8 62% 80.5 fps	MRender 63.8 Gravity 62.9 Splatting 80.7 58% 69.1 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4473 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1395 (B1) Unknown 98 98 31 (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 61 48 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 646 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5973464768	103% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 417 Mixed 233 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 23.2 149% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 87.3 123% 228 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 29686752 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 776 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 14135359 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1932 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 689 (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 70 58 605683742 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 184 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 21003 (C2) HDA temperature 30 42 30 (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 95855080113380 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9850693288 (F2) Unknown 100 253 57264482564	98.9% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 167 Mixed 95.8 109% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.24 89% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 48.9 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 41.8 117% 41.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 25.6 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 48.8 82% 48.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 87%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	252x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	104x
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 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	30x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	30x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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