Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing 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.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.1% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	14.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '18 at 21:41
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing 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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 97.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 219 86% 148 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 667 69% 557 Pts	64-Core 649 40% 649 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 140 Parallax 129 104% 132 fps	MRender 97.2 Gravity 126 Splatting 106 90% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow KC300 120GB-$80 2,344 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 137 132 125 135 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 320 Write 174 Mixed 245 SusWrite 130 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 43.3 164% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 247 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 157 135% 199 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 86%
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 168GB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 405 405 403 406 404 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 438 Mixed 373 SusWrite 398 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 48.9 175% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 286 234% 334 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 117%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 472GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 182 182 183 183 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 162 Mixed 87.9 SusWrite 182 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%
USB DISK 3.0 16GB 1,966 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 10GB free, PID 5500 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.4 8.9 8.9 8.9 8.9 9.2 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Read 107 Write 47.1 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 9 53% 49 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 1.7 82% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 27.6 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 26.5 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 49 82% 49 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 85%

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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	1,394x
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