Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '18 at 17:13
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 85.3 1-Core 109 2-Core 215 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 402 52% 394 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% EVGA(3842 1373) 1GB CLim: 763 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	14.1% Very poor	Lighting 16.2 Reflection 18.9 Parallax 14.6 13% 16.6 fps	MRender 22.9 Gravity 16.5 Splatting 19.1 16% 19.5 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 187 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 298 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (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 63 39 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 31 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4541896691
Poor: 73% Great: 122%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 23GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14235 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2099 (B1) Unknown 97 97 50 (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 67 55 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 19 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16416090847	105% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 404 Mixed 419 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 83.9 4K Mixed 44.9 150% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 113 135% 238 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 191 191 4215 (03) Spinup time 225 169 3750 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 795 (05) Reallocated sector count 190 190 194 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 44 44 41121 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 59 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 2267863 (C2) HDA temperature 121 84 29 (C4) Reallocation count 25 25 175 (C5) Current pending sector count 197 196 1227 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 199 197 337 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 70 1 34938	63.3% Good	Read 110 Write 111 Mixed 97.1 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.13 85% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 243GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 42568340 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4379 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 260993149 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27687 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4381 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 50 471269404 (C2) HDA temperature 28 50 47244640284 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 16 11 42568340 (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 -118429428180048 (F1) Unknown 100 253 674290609 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3936741092	39.1% Below average	Read 66.7 Write 69.4 Mixed 67.6 51% 67.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.48 99% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 70%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$53 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 337GB free Firmware: JKAOA10D Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 103 (03) Spinup time 184 184 51554026039 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 452 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 40 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3557 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 448 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 485 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 485 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 296353923105 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 8 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 26	39.4% Below average	Read 64.5 Write 72.9 Mixed 70.6 52% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.06 4K Write 0.34 4K Mixed 0.06 16% 0.16 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9 20GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 8192, 2048, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.8% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 16 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 16.4 46% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 61%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,397x
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	453x
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 $182	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) $30	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