Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

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Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '18 at 12:51
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 97.5 1-Core 118 2-Core 207 83% 141 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 573 59% 474 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3287) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Lighting 75 Reflection 72.5 Parallax 64 61% 70.5 fps	MRender 72.9 Gravity 69.5 Splatting 73 59% 71.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$31 9,202 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,345 Write 991 Mixed 572 214% 969 MB/s	4K Read 57.8 4K Write 207 4K Mixed 68.3 285% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 1,178 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 461 409% 642 MB/s
Poor: 119% Great: 243%
Transcend SSD370S 256GB-$115 11,742 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 228GB free Firmware: O091 SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 387 387 387 387 387 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 386 Mixed 339 SusWrite 386 91% 407 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 53.8 198% 76 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 195 144% 196 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 174 174 176 174 176 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 65.9 Mixed 81.9 SusWrite 174 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 114%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 994GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 121 120 121 122 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 78.5 Write 73.4 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 121 62% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 181% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 298GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 88 88 88 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 93.7 Write 92.1 Mixed 66.1 SusWrite 88.3 63% 85.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 67GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 130 131 131 131 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 125 Write 119 Mixed 70.7 SusWrite 131 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 27.5 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 26.5 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 48.4 83% 48.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 86%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO - $215

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	330x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	81x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	68x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	71x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	45x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	34x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	21x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	18x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	17x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	22x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	19x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	15x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $872

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