Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	180% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '19 at 22:38
Run Duration	320 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 254 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 602 62% 499 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$97 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0906I Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 837 820 787 773 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	180% Outstanding	Read 1,173 Write 986 Mixed 861 SusWrite 536 199% 889 MB/s	4K Read 57.3 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 63.2 216% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,108 DQ Write 384 DQ Mixed 511 439% 668 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 180% Great: 372%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 123GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 378 303 283 276 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 426 Mixed 354 SusWrite 206 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 81.9 4K Mixed 52.5 178% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 345 263% 354 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%
Seagate ST10000NM0016-1T 10TB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4TB free Firmware: SNE0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 0 0 184 187 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 13% Great: 110%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 473GB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 129 131 130 131 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 124 Write 126 Mixed 66.4 SusWrite 86.7 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.9 209% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 6,948 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	69.1% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.7 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 19.3 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 52.6 76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 71%

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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	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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Value: 60% - Above average

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 $15	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