Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	125% 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	109% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '17 at 00:05
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 247 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 503 67% 501 Pts	64-Core 503 31% 503 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.68 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 150 Parallax 133 149% 155 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 133 Splatting 109 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 660 Write 559 Mixed 606 136% 608 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 25.3 152% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 35 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 25.4 37% 64.6 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 157%
PNY CS2211 240GB-$90 1,866 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 37GB free Firmware: CS221016 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2086 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 892 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 993 (AD) Unknown 100 100 131077 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 323 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 509	99.1% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 441 Mixed 467 107% 478 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 14 131% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 13.4 95% 217 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 196GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 162403880 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2909 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 22377427 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3162 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1198 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 72 56 521404444 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 141 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 24188 (C2) HDA temperature 28 44 42949672988 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 75153337746834 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8102317720 (F2) Unknown 100 253 860104781422	90.9% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 144 Mixed 146 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.16 78% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 28.6 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 25.7 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 85%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,396x
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	453x
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 $160Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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