Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


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 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	118% 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.

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Run History

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '18 at 03:13
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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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, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 140 2-Core 252 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 582 63% 499 Pts	64-Core 625 39% 625 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 37B1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3535 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	111% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 162 Parallax 176 118% 161 fps	MRender 159 Gravity 122 Splatting 112 105% 131 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 405GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 399 383 198 272 266 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 479 Mixed 386 SusWrite 314 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 57.3 203% 73.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 260 223% 327 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 126%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 126GB 651 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 30GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 8.5 19 11 8 19 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Read 35.5 Write 19.3 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 13.1 28% 22.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 2.8 184% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G3D1869DE1TX0. 2x8GB 3,080 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	66.1% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 20.4 64% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 20.8 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 72%

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

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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	1,398x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	542x
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 $94Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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