Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '18 at 17:12
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 223 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 418 56% 419 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8528) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Lighting 47.8 Reflection 45.4 Parallax 40.4 39% 44.5 fps	MRender 39.8 Gravity 41 Splatting 36.2 32% 39 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Ccboot iSCSI 137GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 100GB free Firmware: 0 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	32.2% Below average	Read 66.3 Write 43.9 Mixed 43 38% 51.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.34 4K Write 2.67 4K Mixed 0.43 279% 2.48 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 44%
Ccboot iSCSI 8TB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 90GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Read 63.3 Write 46.1 Mixed 54 41% 54.5 MB/s	4K Read 7.25 4K Write 5.14 4K Mixed 3.22 755% 5.2 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 49%
Ccboot iSCSI 240GB 96 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0 Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	32.9% Below average	Read 64.6 Write 47.1 Mixed 57.9 43% 56.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.26 4K Write 4.39 4K Mixed 2.89 622% 4.18 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 9,994 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 16.8 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 17.1 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 68.3 58% 68.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z97-PRO GAMER Builds (Compare 2,862 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,399x
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 $90Bench 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 $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