Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 148% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 125% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	162% 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	61.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 06 '19 at 00:28
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	53%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 (100^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 133 2-Core 251 91% 160 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 716 74% 594 Pts	64-Core 717 44% 717 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Gigabyte(1458 37A9) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	162% Outstanding	Lighting 225 Reflection 228 Parallax 231 183% 228 fps	MRender 274 Gravity 218 Splatting 140 164% 210 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 109GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 288 306 305 306 307 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 488 Mixed 460 SusWrite 294 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 61.8 211% 76.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 317 251% 350 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 129%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 83 79 87 78 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 262 Write 129 Mixed 186 SusWrite 81.7 36% 165 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 30.1 138% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 93.6 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 98.9 78% 106 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 73%
PNY CS900 240GB-$20 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 34GB free Firmware: CS900612 SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 148 86 87 88 88 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 468 Write 394 Mixed 372 SusWrite 123 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 41.3 162% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 217 192% 285 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 91%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 367GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 534 572 597 594 601 603 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	184% Outstanding	Read 707 Write 644 Mixed 676 SusWrite 583 147% 652 MB/s	4K Read 62.8 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 86.3 281% 97.2 MB/s	DQ Read 780 DQ Write 680 DQ Mixed 1,072 710% 844 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 184% Great: 372%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 345GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 198 200 200 201 199 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 129 Write 115 Mixed 85.4 SusWrite 197 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	MC Read 33 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 28 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 28.1 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 48.6 82% 48.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 87%

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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	1,398x
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