Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	80.3% 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 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	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 8
BIOS Date	20141013
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '16 at 21:21
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 103 2-Core 204 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 544 59% 468 Pts	64-Core 544 34% 544 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4332 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370 128GB-$74 4,687 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 335 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 501 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 46 (A3) Unknown 100 100 23 (A4) Unknown 100 100 32089 (A5) Unknown 100 100 82 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 31 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 58 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 264 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 68671 (F2) Unknown 100 100 123454 (F5) Unknown 100 100 128356	80.3% Excellent	Read 507 Write 148 Mixed 230 64% 295 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 32 141% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 57.7 78% 146 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 4225 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 949 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2868 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 476 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 78 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 187 187 40875 (C2) HDA temperature 116 105 31 (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	84.6% Excellent	Read 163 Write 131 Mixed 136 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.27 110% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 84%
WD Black 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$45 23,554 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 293GB free Firmware: 12.01A12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 10 (03) Spinup time 177 175 2108 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10242 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7190 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8423 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 89 12 (BC) Unknown 100 94 4295032854 (BE) vendor-specific 66 43 34 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 469 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 831 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 164 164 108410 (C2) HDA temperature 113 90 34 (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 200 200 0	43.4% Average	Read 76.7 Write 74.3 Mixed 70.7 56% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.42 98% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 60%
Fujitsu MHZ2320BH G2 320GB 3,061 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 213GB free Firmware: 00000009 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 182275 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 58195968 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 3941 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8589934592000 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 3823 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 10672 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3839 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 118 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 103396 (C2) HDA temperature 100 90 266288431136 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 5356 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 425721856 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 97 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 97 97 6 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 17 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 30666 (CB) Run out cancel 100 100 3728136667269 (F0) Head flying hours 200 200 0	23.2% Poor	Read 50 Write 30.5 Mixed 44.3 32% 41.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.27 74% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 7,844 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	66.3% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 19.9 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 21 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 70%

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Gaming 42%

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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	541x
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 $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 $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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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