Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.3% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '18 at 16:40
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 0.8 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 97.3 2-Core 192 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 360 48% 361 Pts	64-Core 361 22% 361 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Lighting 79.9 Reflection 78.2 Parallax 68.7 65% 75.6 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 73.6 Splatting 75 60% 73.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 240GB-$85 5,005 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 141 88 70 129 61 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 489 Mixed 369 SusWrite 124 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 40.5 152% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 188 185% 293 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 93%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 33GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 58 56 57 57 57 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 73.3 Write 72.5 Mixed 40 SusWrite 57.1 45% 60.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 60%
Seagate ST9160310AS 160GB-$36 2,469 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 141GB free Firmware: HP07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 63 63 63 63 64 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Read 63.3 Write 61 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 63.3 41% 56.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 38%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 104GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 60 60 60 60 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 88 Write 83 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 60.4 51% 69.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 60%
WD WD3200BUCT-63TWBY0 320GB 2,278 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 123GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 25 25 25 24 26 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	25% Poor	Read 62.5 Write 19.3 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 24.6 24% 32.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 73% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C11 2x4GB 1,544 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 17.7 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 17.5 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	1,397x
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	453x
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 $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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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