Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	90% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1768 x 992 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '18 at 05:37
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 232 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 618 66% 527 Pts	64-Core 620 38% 620 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Lighting 69.7 Reflection 74.6 Parallax 65.8 57% 70 fps	MRender 78.1 Gravity 66.2 Splatting 59.6 55% 68 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ADATA_IM2S3334-256GD 256GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0518BS SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 401 446 463 469 468 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Read 516 Write 469 Mixed 422 SusWrite 444 104% 463 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 69.4 4K Mixed 33.2 122% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 67.7 DQ Mixed 90.5 70% 98.6 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 105%
ADATA_IMSS332-256GM 256GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 113GB free Firmware: Q0303B SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 317 360 360 364 364 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 363 Mixed 335 SusWrite 350 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 46.6 161% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 201 180% 270 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 780GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 191 197 196 202 201 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 20.4 Mixed 31.2 SusWrite 196 79% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.1 217% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 184%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 434GB free Firmware: SD1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 105 107 105 108 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 103 Write 14.2 Mixed 53.6 SusWrite 106 51% 69.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600G 0215 CMT8GX3M2A2000C9 0420 DDR3 1600G 0215 CMT8GX3M2A2000C9 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1600, 1867, 1600, 1867 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	63.2% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.4 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 21.3 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 63%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO - $215

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	332x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	82x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	68x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	71x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	45x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	34x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	21x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	18x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	17x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	22x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	19x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	16x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $857

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16