Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	59.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140512
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '17 at 01:02
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 129 2-Core 266 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 516 70% 519 Pts	64-Core 523 32% 523 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 366F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Lighting 76.1 Reflection 74.3 Parallax 72.1 62% 74.2 fps	MRender 74 Gravity 69.4 Splatting 58 54% 67.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 466GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 3 (B1) Unknown 100 100 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 63 63 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9084030	121% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 414 Mixed 423 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 52.4 204% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 129 140% 234 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 134%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -32959579026308 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 490 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 107 (B7) Unknown 100 100 11 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 37 42 60132294693 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 107 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 703038 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 40 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 78 78 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 703038 (F2) Unknown 100 100 455427 (F9) Unknown 100 100 163842	65.7% Good	Read 448 Write 156 Mixed 267 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 11.3 118% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 34.2 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 10.3 38% 78.6 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 91%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 3TB free Firmware: 0304 Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	23.1% Poor	Read 39.4 Write 39.2 Mixed 39.4 30% 39.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.75 4K Write 4.34 4K Mixed 0.66 226% 2.25 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 65%
WD WD1001FALS-00U9B0 1TB 3,876 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 38GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 230 1258 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2874 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32131 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1849 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 108 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2874 (C2) HDA temperature 113 103 37 (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	48.8% Average	Read 86.6 Write 83.5 Mixed 80.1 63% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.32 95% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 73%
SAMSUNG HD204UI 2TB 459 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 726GB free, PID 0475 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Read 39.4 Write 43.1 Mixed 41.5 54% 41.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.45 57% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	65.5% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 20.5 63% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 20.7 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 63%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO - $215

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	330x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	81x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	68x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	71x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	45x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	34x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	21x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	18x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	17x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	22x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	19x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	15x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $872

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $15	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