Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	28.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '19 at 21:51
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 107 2-Core 213 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 405 54% 402 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 04D3) 2GB CLim: 1075 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.2.2 Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Lighting 25.8 Reflection 0.12 Parallax 31.5 21% 19.1 fps	MRender 24.3 Gravity 24.9 Splatting 0.13 12% 16.5 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
SanDisk SSD 128GB-$84 8,513 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.0.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 11 14 7.1 9.2 7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	28.5% Poor	Read 412 Write 12 Mixed 19.5 SusWrite 9.7 24% 113 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 8.4 38% 9.97 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 56%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 281GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 98 99 100 100 100 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 131 Write 124 Mixed 100 SusWrite 99.4 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.8 190% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 85%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 659GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 89 90 88 90 89 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 104 Write 105 Mixed 60 SusWrite 89 119% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 104% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 2,517 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1648 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	57.3% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 18 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 13.6 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 62%

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

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,401x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	543x
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	109x
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 $269	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