Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	97.5% 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	95.9% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	4.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '17 at 15:46
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	6%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 141 2-Core 283 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 741 79% 631 Pts	64-Core 741 46% 741 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3231) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1659 MHz, MLim: 1974 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 130 Parallax 118 102% 125 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 116 Splatting 101 88% 109 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14178 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1257 (B1) Unknown 97 97 28 (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 68 57 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 526 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15286762300	95.9% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 352 Mixed 351 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 76.2 4K Mixed 26.7 141% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 72.3 110% 212 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 118%
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 43GB free Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^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 63 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 329 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 104 (B4) Unknown 0 0 5597 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 60 171799674906 (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 2127389457 (F7) Unknown 100 100 66495383 (F8) Unknown 100 100 29465699	86.4% Excellent	Read 509 Write 329 Mixed 307 84% 382 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 26.7 129% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 35.3 64% 124 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 105%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$30 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2TB free Firmware: ST6OA3AA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 129 129 38686294420 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3959 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 44067 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3656 (C0) Power-off retract count 83 83 20809 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 20809 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 214749347871 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	53.1% Above average	Read 108 Write 77 Mixed 77.3 66% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.44 99% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 311GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 144 (03) Spinup time 100 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2114 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 79811991 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26448 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2207 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 62 504561691 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 64424509467 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 18 144 (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 116333484205818 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1583511807 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2404281861	54% Above average	Read 94.7 Write 93.8 Mixed 92 70% 93.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.55 99% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 88%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 948GB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	30.1% Below average	Read 72.5 Write 69.8 Mixed 43.9 77% 62.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.17 54% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 5,533 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2405 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 27.7 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 27.3 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 45.8 87% 45.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 87%

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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	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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Value: 60% - Above average

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