Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	38% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	199% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '18 at 15:49
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (72^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 140 2-Core 274 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 668 71% 568 Pts	64-Core 671 42% 671 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Asus(1043 83F7) 2GB CLim: 1395 MHz, MLim: 1517 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38% Below average	Lighting 45.8 Reflection 42.8 Parallax 56.3 37% 48.3 fps	MRender 53.3 Gravity 53.5 Splatting 40.3 39% 49 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 315GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 926 629 634 634 630 631 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	199% Outstanding	Read 1,475 Write 1,391 Mixed 731 SusWrite 680 239% 1,069 MB/s	4K Read 57.6 4K Write 187 4K Mixed 57.2 259% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 649 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 338 280% 414 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 199% Great: 254%
Kingston HyperX 240GB-$65 502 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 171GB free Firmware: 503ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 147 210 233 234 234 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 403 Write 287 Mixed 294 SusWrite 201 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 46.5 177% 67.7 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 157 150% 235 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 92%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 250GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 54 53 53 51 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Read 70.8 Write 49.7 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 53 39% 53.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 165GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 96 101 100 100 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 108 Write 102 Mixed 67.7 SusWrite 99.9 70% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 27.2 87% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 27.1 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 46.8 86% 46.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 85%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	1,398x
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 $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