Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	111% 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.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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-E/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150520
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '18 at 21:37
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 129 2-Core 265 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 683 72% 579 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6386) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 149 Parallax 141 122% 147 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 140 Splatting 109 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 412 Write 437 Mixed 384 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 48.2 167% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 244 204% 293 MB/s
Poor: 55% Great: 91%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$80 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 88GB free Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 458 460 462 466 465 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 466 Mixed 429 SusWrite 461 105% 467 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 57.1 196% 70.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 302 244% 344 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 125%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 63GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 130 133 130 94 124 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 121 Write 120 Mixed 82 SusWrite 124 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 216% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 180 181 182 182 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 147 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 180 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS2G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS2G3D1609DS1S00. 12GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1632, 1632, 1632, 1632 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	62.9% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 18.9 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 21.1 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 65%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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 $139Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16