Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


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 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% 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	137% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '18 at 23:38
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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 Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 99 2-Core 231 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 682 66% 540 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2780 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 199 Parallax 201 148% 194 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 185 Splatting 122 116% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 307 231 228 226 225 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 680 Write 588 Mixed 372 SusWrite 255 106% 474 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 57.6 207% 78.2 MB/s	DQ Read 752 DQ Write 635 DQ Mixed 601 475% 663 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 69GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 187 232 246 239 243 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 464 Mixed 380 SusWrite 220 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 60.3 206% 74.3 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 356 261% 343 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
Patriot Blaze 60GB-$62 661 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 31GB free Firmware: S9FM02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 126 133 137 134 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 452 Write 160 Mixed 207 SusWrite 132 52% 238 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 66.8 4K Mixed 22.2 112% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 90.8 DQ Mixed 3.5 28% 66.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 62%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 80GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 187 231 245 246 247 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 462 Mixed 394 SusWrite 221 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 57.2 202% 72.7 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 354 261% 341 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 62GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 166 145 145 144 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 457 Mixed 358 SusWrite 153 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 50.7 188% 67.7 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 159 173% 290 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%
Seagate Constellation ES.3 1TB-$22 9,374 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 374GB free Firmware: SN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 113 115 116 117 116 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 156 Write 130 Mixed 74.8 SusWrite 115 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 233% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 103%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 154 157 155 158 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	88% Excellent	Read 150 Write 146 Mixed 85.2 SusWrite 156 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 183% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 2,895 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 18.3 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 82%

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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	1,403x
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