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 (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	110% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150521
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '16 at 21:07
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 91.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 261 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 515 69% 514 Pts	64-Core 514 32% 514 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4444 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 8 (B1) Unknown 100 99 0 (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 59 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 597580096	110% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 371 Mixed 416 95% 427 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 45.2 173% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 122 145% 256 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 93GB free Firmware: 3.2.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2629 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1435 (A5) Unknown 100 100 421695 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 108 (AE) Unknown 100 100 114 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 31 244814053407 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 360 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 618 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14585703120 (F2) Unknown 100 100 23288610030	47.8% Average	Read 444 Write 263 Mixed 351 78% 353 MB/s	4K Read 14.7 4K Write 15.4 4K Mixed 9.39 42% 13.2 MB/s	DQ Read 37.9 DQ Write 18.5 DQ Mixed 9.59 12% 22 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 56%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 998GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 6241 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 148 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 438 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 148 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1011 (C2) HDA temperature 118 109 32 (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 100 253 0	79.9% Very good	Read 147 Write 131 Mixed 129 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.25 95% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 569GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 177 6000 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 492 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1183 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 492 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2935 (C2) HDA temperature 121 112 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	62.1% Good	Read 105 Write 111 Mixed 91 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.2 72% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 88%
829 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 25GB free, PID 1000, Platinet X-Depo 32GB Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	20% Poor	Read 79 Write 20.7 Mixed 29.6 44% 43.1 MB/s	4K Read 7.89 4K Write 0.71 4K Mixed 1.07 90% 3.22 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.8% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 20.3 62% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 21.3 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 63%

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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	1,398x
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 $94Bench 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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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