Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	42.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '16 at 12:40
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 91 1-Core 92.7 2-Core 193 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 377 50% 378 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Lighting 77.8 Reflection 78 Parallax 70.8 63% 75.5 fps	MRender 80.4 Gravity 71.1 Splatting 61.4 57% 71 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 128GB-$110 2,093 User benchmarks, average bench 165% 119GB free Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 5 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 75 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 99 99 10 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 433 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 55 45 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 18 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18 (F2) Unknown 99 99 14	119% Outstanding	Read 691 Write 643 Mixed 721 153% 685 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 90.1 4K Mixed 34.1 150% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 86.9 84% 133 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 188%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 19688368 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 -19688130070668 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1002 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 230 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 37 64426934302 (C2) HDA temperature 30 37 64426934302 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 19688368 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 19688368 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 19688368 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 93 93 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 39475 (EA) Unknown 0 0 34193 (F1) Unknown 0 0 34193 (F2) Unknown 0 0 20920	42.2% Average	Read 168 Write 90.1 Mixed 103 27% 121 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 6.58 91% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 94.5 DQ Mixed 27.8 42% 78.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 835GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 170 2200 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1122 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9858 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 550 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 162 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 965 (C2) HDA temperature 111 107 32 (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	102% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 164 Mixed 158 129% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.31 112% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 32GB 421 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 26GB free, PID a815 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	7.57% Terrible	Read 25.6 Write 9.16 Mixed 7.29 14% 14 MB/s	4K Read 7.8 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.007 29% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.57% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GB 17,809 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.6% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 19.3 62% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 20.9 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 61%

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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	1,396x
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) $35	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