Asus Z97-WS

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	133% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-WS (all builds)
Memory	29.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160114
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '21 at 08:37
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 139 2-Core 272 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 715 72% 584 Pts	64-Core 716 44% 716 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85E8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 150 Parallax 152 110% 146 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 143 Splatting 125 107% 131 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme ADATA SX6000LNP 256GB 474 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: V9002s16 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 492 493 501 505 503 504 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 692 Write 544 Mixed 294 SusWrite 500 113% 507 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 54.4 202% 74.8 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 403 DQ Mixed 276 215% 287 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 204%
H10 HBRPEKNX0101A NVMe INTEL 256GB 140 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 238GB free Firmware: 7002 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 447 448 449 449 448 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 802 Write 461 Mixed 522 SusWrite 448 124% 558 MB/s	4K Read 63.8 4K Write 208 4K Mixed 78.6 307% 117 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 460 DQ Mixed 214 193% 281 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 153%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 223GB free Firmware: S3500102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 226 230 231 230 231 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 452 Mixed 414 SusWrite 230 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 32.3 163% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 82.6 108% 188 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 403 413 409 410 414 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 32GB 34,316 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 28GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 12 9.7 10 11 9.3 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	18.2% Very poor	Read 29.3 Write 19.8 Mixed 16.4 SusWrite 11.2 24% 19.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 2.6 222% 3.87 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 18%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 5.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 173 169 175 173 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 153 Write 172 Mixed 111 SusWrite 173 209% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.1 211% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 98%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 124GB 300 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 83GB free, PID 00d2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 42 41 43 43 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 41.9 Write 40.8 Mixed 19.1 SusWrite 41.5 48% 35.8 MB/s	4K Read 12.3 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 52% 4.17 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 1,222 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 28.1 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 27.8 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 48 83% 48 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 89%

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Gaming 97%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 81%

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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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Total price: $1,217

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $178	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