Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.6% 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	84.9% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '18 at 05:37
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 131 2-Core 258 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 517 68% 511 Pts	64-Core 507 31% 507 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6274) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2254 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 122 Parallax 102 99% 115 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 105 Splatting 108 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 88%
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.8% Below average	Lighting 45.5 Reflection 42.9 Parallax 38.2 37% 42.2 fps	MRender 39.5 Gravity 38.9 Splatting 34.3 30% 37.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 1TB-$90 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 596GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 349 331 348 319 308 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 289 Write 267 Mixed 376 SusWrite 334 72% 317 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 70.2 4K Mixed 38.5 122% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 312 238% 323 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 105%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 232GB free Firmware: 12.01B02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 67 68 68 68 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 72.8 Write 71.7 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 67.4 49% 66.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 696GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 152 154 154 157 156 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Read 148 Write 144 Mixed 77.8 SusWrite 154 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 122% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 412GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 161 162 159 165 166 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Read 122 Write 102 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 162 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL9-9-9 D3-1600 4x4GB 242 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 26 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 26.5 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 80%

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

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,399x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	543x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	293x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	454x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	220x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	181x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	187x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	107x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	74x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	126x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	108x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	103x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

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 $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 $40	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