Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


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 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	124% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '18 at 22:41
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	1%

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 i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 113 2-Core 224 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 440 59% 440 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3683) CLim: 1490 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Lighting 64.3 Reflection 59.3 Parallax 53.1 52% 58.9 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 63.8 Splatting 56.2 52% 64.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6899 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3380 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 105 (AE) Unknown 99 99 32 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 968 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 50 33 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 27128 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8030 (F2) Unknown 99 99 19886	124% Outstanding	Read 757 Write 645 Mixed 707 157% 703 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 99 4K Mixed 25.8 146% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 83.6 110% 194 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 220%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 170 4241 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 989 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 925 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 266 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3537 (C2) HDA temperature 122 111 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	80.5% Excellent	Read 149 Write 132 Mixed 119 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.25 92% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1373 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.8 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 16.5 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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