Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '17 at 16:24
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 107 2-Core 214 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 540 56% 449 Pts	64-Core 576 36% 576 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 148 Parallax 123 110% 135 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 132 Splatting 108 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 646GB free Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2337 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 23 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1703952 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 32 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 959 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 69 296353988633 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 17179869188 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 285 (EA) Unknown 100 100 344 (F1) Unknown 253 253 332 (F2) Unknown 253 253 45 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	82.6% Excellent	Read 483 Write 337 Mixed 321 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 19.5 105% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 9.36 75% 178 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 107%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 378GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2356 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 26 (A5) Unknown 100 100 11993237 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 44 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1060 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 69 296353660957 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 180390461482 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2134 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3078 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2863 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1805 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	67.4% Good	Read 485 Write 290 Mixed 289 78% 355 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 66.2 4K Mixed 9.6 89% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 31.9 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 9.95 39% 80 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung 1600 CL10 Series 1302 1600 CL9 Series 1600 CL10 Series 1302 1600 CL9 Series 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	55.1% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 15.9 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 18.4 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 57%

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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	1,398x
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