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 way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	115% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '17 at 09:59
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 97.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 223 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 440 60% 444 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 8422) 2GB CLim: 1189 MHz, MLim: 1507 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 18% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 29178 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 130 (B1) Unknown 99 99 18 (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 59 36 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 151 (EB) Unknown 99 99 100 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3858835228	115% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 432 Mixed 458 105% 472 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 41.5 175% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 131 153% 265 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 119%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 457GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 1245184 (02) Throughput performance 143 143 67 (03) Spinup time 113 113 17193238730 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 176 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 334 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 175 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 470 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 470 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 188980199467 (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 0	104% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 194 Mixed 176 135% 180 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.18 73% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 1,336 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 30 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 27.5 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 48.8 82% 48.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 96%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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	541x
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 $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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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