Asus Z97-WS

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	152% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-WS (all builds)
Memory	22.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150618
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '18 at 18:13
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing below expectations (27^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 below expectations (23^rd percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 84 1-Core 111 2-Core 218 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 470 53% 416 Pts	64-Core 556 34% 556 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 854B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.2% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 110 Parallax 113 87% 110 fps	MRender 93.5 Gravity 98.1 Splatting 81.7 74% 91.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 321GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 505 532 543 568 566 567 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 727 Write 588 Mixed 481 SusWrite 547 131% 586 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 57.9 207% 74.4 MB/s	DQ Read 768 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 445 362% 525 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 283%
Intel SSDPEDMW012T4 1TB 1,068 User benchmarks, average bench 200% 973GB free Firmware: 8EV10171 SusWrite @10s intervals: 643 679 691 723 721 721 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	156% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 647 Mixed 478 SusWrite 696 132% 581 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 50.4 200% 80.8 MB/s	DQ Read 738 DQ Write 724 DQ Mixed 971 663% 811 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 250%

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 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.3% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 14.9 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 13.5 40% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 87%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97-WS Builds (Compare 141 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $184	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