Asus H97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	109% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus H97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141014
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '16 at 17:34
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 109 2-Core 220 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 443 59% 442 Pts	64-Core 442 27% 442 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4992) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 113 Parallax 101 88% 107 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 98.2 Splatting 89.1 76% 93.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 223GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 59 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 45 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 50 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 972255477	89.2% Excellent	Read 463 Write 266 Mixed 274 74% 335 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 66.6 4K Mixed 32.4 141% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 70.6 105% 203 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 123%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3246 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 216 (B1) Unknown 98 98 114 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 56 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16021088644	109% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 369 Mixed 423 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 40.4 167% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 133 156% 271 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 119%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 23GB free Firmware: MU01 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 2662 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 815 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 24 (AE) Unknown 100 100 19 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 53 201864511520 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 8488833642 (F7) Unknown 100 100 265417092 (F8) Unknown 100 100 142370017	93.8% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 327 Mixed 382 90% 407 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 33.2 144% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 48.3 85% 163 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 97%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 226 171 3691 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3249 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9351 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2885 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 138 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 170 170 90696 (C2) HDA temperature 124 103 26 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	61.4% Good	Read 119 Write 95.3 Mixed 95.5 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.16 58% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 67%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 16GB-$8 10,598 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 12GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Read 129 Write 40.5 Mixed 55.2 80% 75 MB/s	4K Read 6.01 4K Write 2.89 4K Mixed 1.57 174% 3.49 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,062 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	63.2% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 20 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.7 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 57.6 69% 57.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 63%

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

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Asus H97-PRO GAMER - $193

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	220x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	213x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	121x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	156x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	65x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	59x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	39x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	37x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	27x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	56x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	31x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	20x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $628

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	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