Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.4% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	5.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '18 at 18:10
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 104 2-Core 206 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 388 52% 388 Pts	64-Core 390 24% 390 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Lighting 80.7 Reflection 78.3 Parallax 68.4 66% 75.8 fps	MRender 70.1 Gravity 71.9 Splatting 71 58% 71 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 435 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 10384 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1011 (64) Unknown 100 100 5460672 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 50 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 82 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9502 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 39 100 244814250023 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 435 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 248 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 435 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 11917 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8522 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9870 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 8943	93.4% Outstanding	Read 615 Write 632 Mixed 580 136% 609 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 69 4K Mixed 12.9 97% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 32 DQ Write 72.7 DQ Mixed 14.5 22% 39.7 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 159%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 956GB free Firmware: CC4H 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 56538904 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2440 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 107841329 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 24066 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1490 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 57 504823838 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 230 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 243515 (C2) HDA temperature 30 43 68719476766 (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 -13073880438188 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -76977625626924 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -91593100533300	98.9% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 166 Mixed 147 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.39 101% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	52.4% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 15.6 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 17.4 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 76%

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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	1,396x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	541x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	293x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	453x
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 $109Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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