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 (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	108% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '17 at 06:41
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1241 v3-$209 3,580 User benchmarks, average bench 75% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 122 2-Core 243 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 636 69% 547 Pts	64-Core 640 40% 640 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 190GB free Firmware: MU04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^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 100 100 910 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2205 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 58 (AE) Unknown 100 100 172 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2588 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 54 197569478683 (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 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 13111957871 (F7) Unknown 100 100 411059428 (F8) Unknown 100 100 172908595	75.2% Very good	Read 488 Write 320 Mixed 354 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 52.8 4K Mixed 26.6 106% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 52.9 DQ Mixed 31.3 38% 69.6 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 113%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3748 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1772 (B1) Unknown 98 98 42 (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 54 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 116 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20535368920	108% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 411 Mixed 413 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 34.6 170% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 79.7 111% 206 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 115%
WD WD3000HLHX-01JJPV0 300GB 3,057 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 119GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 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 6 (03) Spinup time 214 213 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4945 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11261 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4773 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 388 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4556 (C2) HDA temperature 116 103 31 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	76.3% Very good	Read 141 Write 124 Mixed 119 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 3.47 4K Mixed 0.56 171% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 79%
WD VelociRaptor 500GB-$62 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 90GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 178 2058 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1608 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9796 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1602 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 73 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1534 (C2) HDA temperature 117 107 30 (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	88.9% Excellent	Read 170 Write 140 Mixed 121 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.25 4K Write 0.66 4K Mixed 0.44 113% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 113%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 38GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 158 6875 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7382 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15954 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6752 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 204 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7276 (C2) HDA temperature 119 100 31 (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	32.4% Below average	Read 51.7 Write 61 Mixed 69.9 46% 60.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.39 91% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 3,160 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2217 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 25.2 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 26.4 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 46.5 86% 46.5 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 121%

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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	1,399x
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 $274	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 $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