Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97.5% 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150521
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '19 at 07:56
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 89.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 207 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 514 53% 428 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 353.30 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Lighting 80 Reflection 82.6 Parallax 71.9 65% 78.2 fps	MRender 77.8 Gravity 72.3 Splatting 65.6 58% 71.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6S 128GB-$106 3,356 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 305 289 318 300 325 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 318 Mixed 264 SusWrite 305 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 80.5 4K Mixed 40 146% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 206 190% 294 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 875GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 173 172 173 175 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 160 Mixed 97.7 SusWrite 172 111% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 250% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 109%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 861GB free Firmware: JA0OA710 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 101 101 100 101 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 101 Write 61.3 Mixed 31 SusWrite 100 53% 73.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 2x4GB 1,987 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 24.5 78% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 80%

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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	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 $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