Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	146% 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	155% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '19 at 06:57
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 115 2-Core 220 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 616 62% 506 Pts	64-Core 624 39% 624 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Nvidia(10DE 12A4) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	146% Outstanding	Lighting 194 Reflection 227 Parallax 244 158% 222 fps	MRender 248 Gravity 210 Splatting 140 157% 199 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 34,988 User benchmarks, average bench 239% 494GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3L2QEXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 474 549 553 548 548 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	155% Outstanding	Read 690 Write 603 Mixed 610 SusWrite 512 136% 604 MB/s	4K Read 51.2 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 65.1 212% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 762 DQ Write 589 DQ Mixed 705 519% 685 MB/s
Poor: 145% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 329%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 58GB free Firmware: 000F SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 176 175 184 188 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 467 Write 188 Mixed 229 SusWrite 177 59% 265 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 15.6 108% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 29.7 77% 165 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 72%
Crucial C300-CTFDDAC128MAG 128GB 2,094 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 74GB free Firmware: 0002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 135 139 140 139 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 339 Write 142 Mixed 194 SusWrite 138 45% 203 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 81.6 4K Mixed 14 108% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 41.1 68% 135 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 62%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 229GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 126 127 128 126 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 119 Write 132 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 128 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.4 239% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 306GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 114 115 116 92 100 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 104 Write 100 Mixed 66 SusWrite 109 70% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26% Poor	MC Read 8.3 MC Write 8.4 MC Mixed 7.5 23% 8.07 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 7.9 22% 7.8 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 62%

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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	541x
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 $109Bench 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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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