Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	23.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1439 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	12.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '20 at 13:45
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	0%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5775C-$183 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 85% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 86.7 1-Core 82.5 2-Core 175 67% 115 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 507 52% 422 Pts	64-Core 500 31% 500 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 2TB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 891GB free (System drive) Firmware: MN6OA5Q0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 71 66 61 53 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	46.5% Average	Read 104 Write 104 Mixed 60.7 SusWrite 58.1 60% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 92%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 1TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 271GB free Firmware: 411000WR SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 453 453 451 453 455 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 475 Write 440 Mixed 332 SusWrite 450 313% 424 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 30.9 6,436% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 159 2,028% 287 MB/s
Poor: 54% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 2,501 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	64.3% Good	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 18 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 16.4 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,402x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	543x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	455x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	221x
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	109x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	104x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16