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 (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 93.4%, 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1360 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '17 at 16:07
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 268 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 525 69% 518 Pts	64-Core 490 30% 490 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4624 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2779 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete	Lighting 148 Reflection 160 Parallax 151 121% 153 fps	Gravity 132 Splatting 117 109% 125 fps
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14312 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4938 (B1) Unknown 89 89 218 (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 48 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1954 (F1) Unknown 99 99 48445909321	108% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 405 Mixed 419 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 42 158% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 110 143% 258 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 115%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 134 134 34387853739 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1681 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3369 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 705 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1686 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1686 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 201864773670 (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 200 200 161	83.1% Excellent	Read 149 Write 140 Mixed 146 110% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.19 101% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 108%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 928GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 100 48585512 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1939 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 544217 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2293 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2028 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 159 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 60 437583897 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 209 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2571 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 85899345945 (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 -135884175308914 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1974132423 (F2) Unknown 100 253 219110216	108% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 194 Mixed 164 135% 180 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 5.33 4K Mixed 1.02 248% 2.41 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2133C10-4GAB 0420 F3-2400C11-4GAB 0420 F3-2133C10-4GAB 0420 F3-2400C11-4GAB 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	89.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 29.4 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 27.8 72% 25 GB/s	Latency 46.4 86% 46.4 ns
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 91%

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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	1,398x
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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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 $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