Asus Z97-WS

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


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 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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.
Boot Drive	102% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-WS (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160114
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '19 at 10:30
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 97.2 1-Core 135 2-Core 230 89% 154 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 701 69% 564 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 37AD) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 127 Parallax 130 109% 130 fps	MRender 173 Gravity 126 Splatting 102 106% 134 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-256L9S-11 2.5 7mm 256GB 4,915 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: HC8110D SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 337 390 363 399 401 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 400 Mixed 293 SusWrite 378 87% 386 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 79.8 4K Mixed 41 145% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 212 193% 295 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 103%
Sandisk S3512G 512GB 19,948 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 140GB free Firmware: X6107000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 347 401 399 397 397 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 465 Mixed 238 SusWrite 389 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 59.5 4K Mixed 37.8 126% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 289 234% 331 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 119%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 87GB free Firmware: 3.AFM SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 57 57 57 57 58 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	33% Below average	Read 57.2 Write 34.7 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 57.2 35% 47.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 43%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 643GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 130 131 131 130 131 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Read 170 Write 161 Mixed 102 SusWrite 131 104% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 248% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 2x8GB 4,851 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 24.7 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 24.9 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 49.6 81% 49.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 69%

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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 $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