Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% 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	117% 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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '19 at 11:15
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1241 v3-$209 3,580 User benchmarks, average bench 75% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 97.9 1-Core 123 2-Core 249 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 650 67% 538 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 2471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2802 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 197 Parallax 178 146% 185 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 185 Splatting 134 121% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 151 152 153 152 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 493 Mixed 375 SusWrite 181 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 64 224% 80.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 355 269% 362 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 115%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 441GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 346 418 416 418 419 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 426 Mixed 371 SusWrite 401 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 41.3 158% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 281 229% 325 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 125%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 163GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 364 390 390 389 391 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 432 Write 388 Mixed 274 SusWrite 385 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 63.5 4K Mixed 38.1 126% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 63.4 DQ Mixed 84.8 68% 97.2 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 113%
XPG Gammix S11 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB 2,541 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 76GB free Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1094 1038 851 523 1105 1129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	297% Outstanding	Read 2,208 Write 558 Mixed 1,080 SusWrite 957 265% 1,201 MB/s	4K Read 72.6 4K Write 208 4K Mixed 100 349% 127 MB/s	DQ Read 816 DQ Write 1,075 DQ Mixed 642 569% 844 MB/s
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 297% Great: 258%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 94GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 75 75 75 75 76 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 75.7 Write 75 Mixed 49.1 SusWrite 74.7 50% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 3,160 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2363 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 27.2 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 26.5 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 46.5 86% 46.5 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 121%

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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 $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