Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	57.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	89.3% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '18 at 06:50
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 136 2-Core 256 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 501 66% 497 Pts	64-Core 526 33% 526 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Lighting 72.6 Reflection 72.9 Parallax 70.7 59% 72.1 fps	MRender 75.8 Gravity 67.1 Splatting 58.6 54% 67.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 318 352 363 362 361 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 507 Write 341 Mixed 238 SusWrite 350 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 15.8 130% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 87.2 109% 189 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$25 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 404GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 76 76 75 72 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 108 Write 106 Mixed 67.1 SusWrite 74.7 66% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 70%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 383GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 439 479 495 495 494 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 505 Write 486 Mixed 424 SusWrite 480 351% 474 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 68.2 12,245% 86.5 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 361 3,319% 363 MB/s
Poor: 20% Great: 54%
esonic Voice Record 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 16GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.6 4.3 4.2 5 5.1 5.1 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	4.08% Terrible	Read 10.8 Write 4.8 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 4.5 8% 6.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 24% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.08% Great: 4%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 9,885 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1904 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 21.8 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 19.8 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 69%

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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	1,416x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	551x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	296x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	462x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	222x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	182x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	191x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	107x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	74x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	128x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	109x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	104x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16