Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	22.2% 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	254% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '18 at 22:55
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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 i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 109 2-Core 215 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 412 54% 407 Pts	64-Core 381 24% 381 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% AMD(1002 0B00) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Lighting 27.5 Reflection 24.6 Parallax 27.6 22% 26.6 fps	MRender 22 Gravity 26 Splatting 30.2 22% 26.1 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 706GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1299 1144 1148 1143 1130 1131 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	254% Outstanding	Read 1469 Write 1,562 Mixed 628 SusWrite 1,166 271% 1,206 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 65 220% 84.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1469 DQ Write 1,069 DQ Mixed 1,133 884% 1,224 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 254% Great: 302%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 133GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6340 Write 5,123 Mixed 5,450 1,255% 5,638 MB/s	4K Read 600 4K Write 293 4K Mixed 360 1,526% 418 MB/s	DQ Read 1,646 DQ Write 1,312 DQ Mixed 1,474 1,104% 1,477 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 228GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 473 465 457 463 466 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 310 Mixed 320 SusWrite 459 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 39.2 147% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 153 166% 279 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 116%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 195GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 77 77 75 76 76 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 90.4 Write 83 Mixed 62.8 SusWrite 76.1 58% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	62.1% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 18.8 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 20.9 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 86%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,394x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	541x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	293x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	452x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	219x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	181x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	187x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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