Asus Z97-E

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	121% 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	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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '16 at 04:26
Run Duration	356 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 122 2-Core 223 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 638 66% 529 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4444 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8166 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 911 (B1) Unknown 98 98 99 (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 64 55 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 98 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30107694576	121% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 503 Mixed 516 115% 516 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 45.7 174% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 163 174% 288 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$65 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 51GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8120 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 810 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 65 54 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 59 (F1) Unknown 99 99 521838211	115% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 452 Mixed 467 107% 481 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 40.3 168% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 145 164% 281 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 119%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 740GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 100 110949736 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1509 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 246708 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1383 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 588 (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 66 56 639041570 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 363 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2495 (C2) HDA temperature 34 44 77309411362 (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 -113979842101110 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3161728851 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1906690305	101% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 173 Mixed 164 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.23 91% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 510GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 2333 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3239 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8158 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 822 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 95 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3143 (C2) HDA temperature 105 101 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 189 28 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	72% Very good	Read 134 Write 117 Mixed 120 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.25 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.31 98% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 108%
WD WD5000AAKX-08U6AA0 1TB 74 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 101GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 72 (03) Spinup time 123 123 12897026234 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2686 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13329 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1204 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3715 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3715 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 193274708001 (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 200 200 0	75.5% Very good	Read 130 Write 133 Mixed 136 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.21 91% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-831.A00LF 2x8GB 161 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1648 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	55.6% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 15.9 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 61%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-E

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	275x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	181x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	72x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	48x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	40x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	47x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	30x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $51Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	30x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	30x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	24x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	21x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16