Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28.2% 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	148% 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	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '18 at 16:53
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 420 56% 421 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% PwrHis(1787 201C) 2GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	28.2% Poor	Lighting 35.7 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 43.7 29% 37.2 fps	MRender 28.3 Gravity 29.9 Splatting 36.7 26% 31.6 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 217GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 542 595 598 602 603 604 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	148% Outstanding	Read 741 Write 614 Mixed 499 SusWrite 590 137% 611 MB/s	4K Read 52.1 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 62.9 237% 87 MB/s	DQ Read 51.7 DQ Write 379 DQ Mixed 367 238% 266 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 283%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA662 500GB 14,997 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 31GB free Firmware: JP2OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 93 96 97 97 97 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	55% Above average	Read 95.2 Write 87 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 96.3 62% 84 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 964GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 146 147 147 147 148 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 150 Write 113 Mixed 77.8 SusWrite 147 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 114%
WD WD1001FALS-00U9B0 1TB 3,876 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 931GB free Firmware: 08.01D00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 127 128 127 129 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73% Very good	Read 127 Write 122 Mixed 85 SusWrite 127 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 182% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 1,003 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	63.4% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 20.3 62% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 19.4 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 63%

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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	1,398x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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