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 way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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	147% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160316
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '20 at 20:32
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590S-$79 11,598 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 106 2-Core 212 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 416 55% 414 Pts	64-Core 429 26% 429 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 76%

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. 20.19.15.5063 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc300 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 3,708 User benchmarks, average bench 138% 434GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 661 669 642 675 674 673 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	147% Outstanding	Read 625 Write 675 Mixed 540 SusWrite 666 141% 626 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 99.4 4K Mixed 44.7 162% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 746 DQ Write 653 DQ Mixed 787 566% 729 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 172%
Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB 9,137 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 238GB free Firmware: 80007E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 312 352 314 314 314 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 1,302 Write 520 Mixed 1,012 SusWrite 325 175% 790 MB/s	4K Read 49.9 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 70 244% 89.2 MB/s	DQ Read 605 DQ Write 753 DQ Mixed 630 489% 663 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 167%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1608DT2TXRG 2x4GB 372 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	65.5% Good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 20.7 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 21 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 66%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	252x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	104x
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 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	30x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	30x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

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) $35	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