Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	79.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150520
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '17 at 14:18
Run Duration	568 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 224 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 436 59% 440 Pts	64-Core 445 28% 445 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_M510_MTFDDAV128MAZ 128GB 158 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4577 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 21 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 39 (AE) Unknown 100 100 7 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1044 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 50 214750265389 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1242796512 (F7) Unknown 100 100 39196121 (F8) Unknown 100 100 298834568	79.5% Very good	Read 525 Write 183 Mixed 265 71% 324 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 87.3 4K Mixed 30.4 127% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 48.7 77% 148 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 86%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 253 240 2100 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 19 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 270 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 17 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 27380 (C2) HDA temperature 121 113 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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	66.1% Good	Read 113 Write 118 Mixed 107 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.24 90% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 67%
ADATA HD650 1TB 1,807 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 854GB free, PID a35a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Read 75.3 Write 19.6 Mixed 33.7 45% 42.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 0.85 4K Mixed 0.28 40% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16G-D3-1600-MR 4x8GB 201 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1373 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	56% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 17.2 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 65%

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Gaming 42%

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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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 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: 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 $45	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