Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 85%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics94.1% 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 Drive115% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)
MotherboardAsus Z97-PRO GAMER  (all builds)
Memory13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160226
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 01 '18 at 20:48
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
87.7% Excellent
Memory 96.5
1-Core 125
2-Core 227
86% 150 Pts
4-Core 460
8-Core 439
61% 450 Pts
64-Core 463
29% 463 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 87.7%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
EVGA(3842 4998) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1669 MHz, MLim: 1868 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.1
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
94.1% Outstanding
Lighting 121
Reflection 123
Parallax 112
99% 119 fps
MRender 102
Gravity 109
Splatting 102
85% 104 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 94.1%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
105GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 278 225 255 254 246 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
115% Outstanding
Read 498
Write 481
Mixed 408
SusWrite 267
93% 413 MB/s
4K Read 43.9
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 60.6
201% 70.8 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 348
DQ Mixed 362
272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 115%
Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70
223GB free
Firmware: JC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 96 95 96 96 98 MB/s
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
49.2% Average
Read 75.2
Write 61.2
Mixed 49.8
SusWrite 96.1
52% 70.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 49.2%
Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70
643GB free
Firmware: JC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 109 110 107 111 111 MB/s
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
62.4% Good
Read 108
Write 112
Mixed 66.8
SusWrite 110
73% 99.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 1
170% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 62.4%
Great: 68%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2200 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
82.8% Excellent
MC Read 30.2
MC Write 31.2
MC Mixed 26.7
84% 29.4 GB/s
SC Read 20.5
SC Write 22.5
SC Mixed 25.9
66% 23 GB/s
Latency 52.3
76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 39%
This bench: 82.8%
Great: 73%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97-PRO GAMER Builds (Compare 2,863 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $648
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