Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	59.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '18 at 23:25
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 115 2-Core 231 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 628 63% 513 Pts	64-Core 651 40% 651 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1426) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 147 Parallax 125 117% 139 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 135 Splatting 106 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 22092104 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 48524540522375 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1561 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 179 (B1) Unknown 0 0 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 46 42952687645 (C2) HDA temperature 29 46 42952687645 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 22092104 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 22092104 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 22092104 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 24955 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14349 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14349 (F2) Unknown 0 0 19093 (F4) Unknown 97 97 196673640	59.2% Above average	Read 454 Write 165 Mixed 173 58% 264 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 13 98% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 27.9 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 12.9 25% 47.4 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 84%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 170 6083 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 818 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6227 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 818 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11969 (C2) HDA temperature 117 107 33 (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	82.8% Excellent	Read 144 Write 145 Mixed 136 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.3 113% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 59854784 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5507 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 12934466454 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13765 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1583 (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 68 54 571539488 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 71 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 34135 (C2) HDA temperature 32 46 38654705696 (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 -62298500619829 (F1) Unknown 100 253 48409850084 (F2) Unknown 100 253 79351344859	103% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 175 Mixed 169 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.21 84% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 705GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 169 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5838 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11871 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1637 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 154 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5713 (C2) HDA temperature 113 99 30 (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	98.8% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 170 Mixed 159 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.96 4K Mixed 0.33 121% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 109%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 381GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 176 5941 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3271 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8526 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1286 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 55 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 179 179 64489 (C2) HDA temperature 122 105 28 (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	77.8% Very good	Read 146 Write 125 Mixed 129 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.23 82% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.6 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,395x
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	452x
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