Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	135% 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	236% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	7.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '17 at 19:59
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 131 2-Core 265 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 690 71% 570 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2902 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 188 Reflection 207 Parallax 190 153% 195 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 188 Splatting 134 124% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 1TB-$100 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 690GB free Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^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 100 100 241 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 46 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 49 219044577318 (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 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 825582487 (F7) Unknown 100 100 25812337 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1636888 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4428 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	89.1% Excellent	Read 482 Write 339 Mixed 339 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 83.1 4K Mixed 28.2 122% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 51.3 99% 201 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 105%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 223GB free Firmware: SAFM00.Y Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3444 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 509 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 625 (AD) Unknown 100 100 524311 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C2) HDA temperature 63 53 201864642597 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2138 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1859 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2840 (F4) Unknown 100 100 8 (F5) Unknown 100 100 23 (F6) Unknown 100 100 589184	101% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 508 Mixed 514 114% 511 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 14.4 121% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 13.9 100% 230 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 111%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 221GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3881006 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 56418690400395 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 4 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 35 51 1013615624227 (C2) HDA temperature 35 51 1013615624227 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3881006 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3881006 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3881006 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 25769803777 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294962238 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1 (F4) Unknown 97 97 7209068	50.8% Above average	Read 503 Write 142 Mixed 208 62% 284 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 18.7 4K Mixed 11.5 67% 19.4 MB/s	DQ Read 68 DQ Write 42.2 DQ Mixed 25.2 27% 45.1 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 85%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 1,974 Write 1,232 Mixed 1,161 321% 1,456 MB/s	4K Read 57.2 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 51.8 219% 78.1 MB/s	DQ Read 462 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 154 166% 284 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 254%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 82247408 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1996 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 41795849 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7071 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1248 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885164038 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 60 46 722599976 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 64 64 73519 (C2) HDA temperature 40 54 47244640296 (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 -67315022425711 (F1) Unknown 100 253 27393626173 (F2) Unknown 100 253 239765371326	90.9% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 153 Mixed 149 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.2 85% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 113%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 351GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 159 6916 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7466 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18373 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6088 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 147 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7455 (C2) HDA temperature 110 97 40 (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	38.3% Below average	Read 70.4 Write 62.7 Mixed 63 49% 65.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.29 84% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 6,948 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	69.7% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 21.8 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 22.1 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 71%

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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	1,398x
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 $37
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