Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (29%). 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	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150209
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 10:46
Run Duration	294 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 120 2-Core 238 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 665 65% 532 Pts	64-Core 687 42% 687 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.5% Above average	Lighting 61.7 Reflection 58.1 Parallax 52.4 50% 57.4 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 62.7 Splatting 54.7 51% 63.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 169GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6021 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 292 (B1) Unknown 98 98 9 (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 62 41 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8386154366	80.4% Excellent	Read 478 Write 269 Mixed 172 67% 306 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 54.2 4K Mixed 22.3 121% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 56.6 83% 159 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 123%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 841GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 93 0 (03) Spinup time 75 75 8240 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 10992 (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 96 96 20723 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3752 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 43 604766244 (C2) HDA temperature 50 39 4291511975986 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 77285 (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 100 100 161 (C8) Write error rate 100 99 44 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	59.6% Above average	Read 106 Write 101 Mixed 39.3 60% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.4 111% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 62%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 264GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 124 124 21494825265 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 10744 (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 98 98 16442 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1831 (C0) Power-off retract count 91 91 10844 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 10844 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 231928823851 (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 4
Poor: 49% Great: 108%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 75 75 8190 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 5602 (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 93 93 35986 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4726 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 42 604766244 (C2) HDA temperature 49 38 4776860057651 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 7368280 (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 54 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	39.2% Below average	Read 64.3 Write 72.4 Mixed 52.3 47% 63 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 0.33 64% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 62%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 120GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 2325 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8449 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16509 (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 200 200 159 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8376 (C2) HDA temperature 95 87 48 (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 25 29864 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	70.1% Very good	Read 126 Write 118 Mixed 113 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.22 83% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 109%
Generic Storage Device 32GB 15GB free, PID 1643 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	8.51% Terrible	Read 20.5 Write 10.8 Mixed 13.2 17% 14.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 0.69 4K Mixed 0.63 61% 1.94 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 12,350 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	61.7% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 19.1 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 64%

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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	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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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