Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150304
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '16 at 20:10
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 131 2-Core 265 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 695 72% 581 Pts	64-Core 673 42% 673 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.9 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67.1% Good	Lighting 79 Reflection 85.8 Parallax 69.3 64% 78 fps	MRender 91.1 Gravity 93.4 Splatting 83.3 72% 89.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Pyro 240GB-$172 345 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 604ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 14545209 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -52767968197156 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 747 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 9 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 41 52 98787655721 (C2) HDA temperature 41 52 98787655721 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14545209 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14545209 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14545209 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 17179869185 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10980 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4316 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4316 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4341	59.4% Above average	Read 457 Write 225 Mixed 191 64% 291 MB/s	4K Read 2.6 4K Write 78 4K Mixed 16.7 67% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 94.4 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 45.5 66% 120 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 81%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 305GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 56095235 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8612 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 208490711 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13662 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4834 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 137 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 52 589168675 (C2) HDA temperature 35 48 81604378659 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 28 56095235 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -135540577897697 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1259051016 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2048005651	59.1% Above average	Read 100 Write 106 Mixed 105 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.65 122% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 68%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 107GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 120 116 6991 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10030 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12074 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3897 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 120 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 144 144 170397 (C2) HDA temperature 110 100 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44.6% Average	Read 97.6 Write 57.8 Mixed 90 62% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.22 73% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 6,144 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.1% Below average	MC Read 10 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 8.1 27% 9.47 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 11.4 SC Mixed 10 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 86%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,398x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	542x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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