Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	91.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150422
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 23 '18 at 23:20
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 124 2-Core 211 84% 143 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 608 66% 521 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61.4% Good	Lighting 76.6 Reflection 81.9 Parallax 74.7 62% 77.7 fps	MRender 78.7 Gravity 74.1 Splatting 67.4 59% 73.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 7083 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 834 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 84 84 499 (AE) Unknown 100 100 120 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 60 171799674914 (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 84 84 16 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 91525066809 (F7) Unknown 100 100 2874105064 (F8) Unknown 100 100 988871659	91.6% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 326 Mixed 384 91% 411 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 29.3 137% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 20.2 72% 155 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 739GB free Firmware: CC98 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 223327880 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3941 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 688 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 8665361565 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14567 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1075 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 45 606339108 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 213 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4541 (C2) HDA temperature 36 55 64424509476 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 9 223327880 (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 -6060198841471 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3130694601 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2163174747	47.9% Average	Read 96.1 Write 71.1 Mixed 82 63% 83 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.36 4K Mixed 0.17 40% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 10GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 186267416 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1463 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21277396 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14486 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 838 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 44 44 56 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 61 555810849 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 62 62 77165 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 60129542177 (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 -39616778333513 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14352679325 (F2) Unknown 100 253 482392992202	95.2% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 153 Mixed 153 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.2 80% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM3X8GA2133C11Y4 4x8GB 124 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.3% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 22.1 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 21.5 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 111%

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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 $274	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 $184	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