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 (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	210% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '17 at 23:57
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 137 2-Core 261 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 716 73% 593 Pts	64-Core 722 45% 722 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 268GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 1,429 Write 1,191 Mixed 1,298 291% 1,306 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 57.2 207% 76.1 MB/s	DQ Read 429 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 173 178% 295 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 283%
OCZ Vertex 460 480GB-$244 390 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 130GB free Firmware: 1.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 255 255 4294967295 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10657 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1526 (AB) Unknown 80 80 161941840 (AE) Unknown 100 100 117 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 4294967295 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 47 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3251 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5663 (F9) Unknown 100 100 111633038	107% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 477 Mixed 484 108% 485 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 35.3 143% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 79.4 131% 252 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 116GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6991 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 821 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (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 64 53 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 77 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3059848052
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 21GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 135 4133 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3173 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26981 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1847 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 277 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2897 (C2) HDA temperature 108 86 35 (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	56.3% Above average	Read 99.1 Write 97.4 Mixed 96.5 74% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.33 73% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 69%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 2,440 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 165GB free, PID 0210 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	Read 102 Write 77.2 Mixed 70.6 102% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.19 62% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 3,072 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	62.2% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.4 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 21.5 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 61%

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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	1,396x
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 $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 $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