Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.7% 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	91.4% 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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150521
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '16 at 07:59
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 96.9 1-Core 121 2-Core 242 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 459 61% 458 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Gigabyte(1458 228F) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1201.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Lighting 67.7 Reflection 62.3 Parallax 80.4 55% 70.1 fps	MRender 60.2 Gravity 54.6 Splatting 77 54% 63.9 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 757 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 79 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 51 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 1 1 135699 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1889636779	91.4% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 405 Mixed 410 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 93.1 4K Mixed 25.5 147% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 43.1 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 118 77% 87.3 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 137GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4841 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 626 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 51 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 35 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1610248325	104% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 405 Mixed 412 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 27.4 154% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 108 138% 249 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%
Hitachi HDN 724040ALE640 4TB 253 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 3.5TB free Firmware: MJAO Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 82 (03) Spinup time 100 100 51539607552 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 197569871904 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	90.4% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 156 Mixed 151 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.24 116% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 90%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$194 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 149 145 11516 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 111 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 250 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 44 (10) Unknown 1 199 32843483661 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 97 (C2) HDA temperature 123 104 29 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	92.8% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 136 Mixed 145 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.21 94% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 199602360 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4183 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 12964910345 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11492 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1514 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 30065229839 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 57 454164507 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 174 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 28 28 144648 (C2) HDA temperature 27 43 47244640283 (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 98307506442970 (F1) Unknown 100 253 32966206980 (F2) Unknown 100 253 106885991405	96.6% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 158 Mixed 145 120% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.36 93% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 575GB free Firmware: CC28 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 132354952 (03) Spinup time 98 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2193 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 51987466 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11297 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1461 (B7) Unknown 73 73 27 (B8) Unknown 98 98 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 32 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 52 521273375 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 419 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 214817 (C2) HDA temperature 31 48 51539607583 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 178 2515 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 131537668415685 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10318542590 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12714069574	71.5% Very good	Read 127 Write 120 Mixed 104 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 7.76 4K Mixed 0.66 253% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x4GB 3,657 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 28.8 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 25.3 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 50.6 79% 50.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 83%

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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	1,399x
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 $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 $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