Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	135% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	124% 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 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '18 at 17:50
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1241 v3-$209 3,580 User benchmarks, average bench 75% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 249 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 662 71% 563 Pts	64-Core 660 41% 660 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 2471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 190 Reflection 204 Parallax 190 155% 195 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 186 Splatting 134 121% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 152 152 152 152 153 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 495 Mixed 373 SusWrite 183 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 52.1 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 68.4 247% 90.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 357 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 115%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 90GB free Firmware: MU04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 270 177 79 86 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 418 Write 267 Mixed 190 SusWrite 174 58% 262 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 40.5 4K Mixed 31.2 104% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 40.2 DQ Mixed 49.4 44% 69.2 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 113%
XPG Gammix S11 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB 2,541 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 169GB free Firmware: SVN1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 879 1111 1104 1129 213 522 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	302% Outstanding	Read 2021 Write 1,118 Mixed 1,027 SusWrite 826 277% 1,248 MB/s	4K Read 79.9 4K Write 296 4K Mixed 118 429% 165 MB/s	DQ Read 682 DQ Write 1,065 DQ Mixed 632 546% 793 MB/s
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 302% Great: 258%
WD WD3000HLHX-01JJPV0 300GB 3,057 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 67GB free Firmware: 04.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 90 91 90 90 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 119 Write 114 Mixed 88.3 SusWrite 90.2 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1.3 259% 2 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 79%
WD VelociRaptor 500GB-$62 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 73GB free Firmware: 04.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 151 131 131 139 145 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Read 134 Write 133 Mixed 52.9 SusWrite 141 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 113%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 42GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 44 43 43 44 44 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Read 82 Write 83.3 Mixed 51.7 SusWrite 43.7 48% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 3,160 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2134 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	81% Excellent	MC Read 29 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 25.7 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 26.5 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 47.5 84% 47.5 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 121%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,403x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	543x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	455x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	221x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	181x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	187x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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	109x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	104x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16