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 as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	104% 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	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '17 at 18:16
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (57^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)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 97.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 229 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 640 67% 535 Pts	64-Core 640 40% 640 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 193GB free Firmware: MU04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^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 100 100 914 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2238 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 58 (AE) Unknown 100 100 178 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2588 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 54 197569478685 (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 13199465103 (F7) Unknown 100 100 414263940 (F8) Unknown 100 100 173057951	68% Good	Read 487 Write 320 Mixed 354 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 52.9 4K Mixed 16.5 93% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 29.2 DQ Write 53.1 DQ Mixed 30.3 26% 37.5 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 113%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 77GB free (System drive) 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 99 99 3809 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1805 (B1) Unknown 97 97 43 (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 70 54 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 121 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20895088331	104% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 419 Mixed 416 100% 452 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 26.6 162% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 25.9 73% 164 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 104% 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 above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 6 (03) Spinup time 215 213 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4978 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11323 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4806 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 394 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4583 (C2) HDA temperature 120 103 27 (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	75.2% Very good	Read 139 Write 122 Mixed 117 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 3.46 4K Mixed 0.62 173% 1.68 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 79%
WD VelociRaptor 500GB-$62 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 82GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 178 2066 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1640 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9858 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1634 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 78 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1561 (C2) HDA temperature 120 107 27 (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	86.9% Excellent	Read 167 Write 137 Mixed 132 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.61 4K Write 0.68 4K Mixed 0.34 117% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 86.9% 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 6883 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7414 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 16015 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6784 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 204 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7308 (C2) HDA temperature 123 100 27 (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	32.6% Below average	Read 49.8 Write 63.4 Mixed 69.6 46% 60.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.29 82% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 32.6% 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 @ 2202 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 25.6 82% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 27.6 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 46.6 86% 46.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 121%

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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	1,394x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	541x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	293x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	452x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	219x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	181x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	187x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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