Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	132% 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	138% 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	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '18 at 22:03
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$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 way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 131 2-Core 224 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 693 69% 563 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2383) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	132% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 233 Parallax 242 133% 213 fps	MRender 239 Gravity 209 Splatting 135 153% 194 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 371GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 332 331 343 336 349 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 684 Write 542 Mixed 438 SusWrite 337 112% 500 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 56.1 191% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 766 DQ Write 626 DQ Mixed 735 540% 709 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 69GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 185 184 178 160 173 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 458 Mixed 396 SusWrite 178 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 63.7 213% 75.4 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 352 265% 354 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 351GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 148 146 152 147 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 177 Mixed 107 SusWrite 148 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.3 252% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 109%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 21GB free Firmware: 12.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 63 56 67 65 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 71.3 Write 72.5 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 62.7 47% 64.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 58%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3.5TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 176 176 181 175 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 179 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 177 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 352% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 170 170 172 169 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 161 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 169 109% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 266GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 148 146 150 145 152 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 153 Write 129 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 148 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.2 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 19 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 63%

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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	1,398x
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	454x
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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $183	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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