Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	31.6% 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	127% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '18 at 21:29
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 255 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 523 70% 520 Pts	64-Core 508 31% 508 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4963 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Asus(1043 0464) CLim: 1120 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.5.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	Lighting 40 Reflection 36.1 Parallax 48.2 33% 41.4 fps	MRender 32 Gravity 33.5 Splatting 40.8 30% 35.4 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 279GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 445 376 407 396 374 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 469 Mixed 359 SusWrite 410 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 63 211% 74.8 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 361 271% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 194 195 194 197 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 168 Mixed 82 SusWrite 195 116% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 219GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 69 69 69 71 69 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 105 Write 99.9 Mixed 52.1 SusWrite 69.3 60% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 121GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 108 107 107 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 148 Write 89.4 Mixed 84.2 SusWrite 107 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 6,948 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1870 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 23.7 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 22.1 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 71%

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Gaming 42%

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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