Asus Z97-WS

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	100% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-WS (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140425
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '20 at 12:46
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$132 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 119 2-Core 230 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 601 62% 498 Pts	64-Core 599 37% 599 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 115 Parallax 96.4 88% 106 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 103 Splatting 104 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_ CT512M55 512GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 396GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 332 389 395 406 405 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 415 Write 404 Mixed 298 SusWrite 366 84% 371 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 41.5 149% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 226 203% 308 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%
SiImage 120GB 244 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 111GB free Firmware: 0000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 163 170 170 171 172 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 300 Write 173 Mixed 202 SusWrite 165 47% 210 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 55.9 4K Mixed 28.3 102% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 184 144% 201 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 65%
Seagate ST2000NM 0033-9ZM175 2TB 181 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: SN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 185 183 182 183 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 161 Mixed 94.6 SusWrite 182 114% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 227% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1869DT1TX0. 2x8GB 2,378 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.4% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 15.8 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 17.1 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 78%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 97%

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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 $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	22x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	13x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $350Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	13x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	13x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	11x

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $75Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	6x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $170Bench 402%, 182,136 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: 76% - Very good

Total price: $1,091

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $270	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $90
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353