Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	183% 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '19 at 00:04
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 0.8 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 124 2-Core 247 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 498 65% 490 Pts	64-Core 499 31% 499 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 122 Parallax 110 95% 116 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 106 Splatting 93.3 81% 100 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$60 15,626 User benchmarks, average bench 216% 280GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 532 558 547 550 551 550 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	183% Outstanding	Read 738 Write 685 Mixed 690 SusWrite 548 150% 665 MB/s	4K Read 64.5 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 89 291% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 770 DQ Write 542 DQ Mixed 831 573% 714 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 183% Great: 333%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 36GB free Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 159 195 208 211 211 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Read 396 Write 273 Mixed 288 SusWrite 194 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 45.2 179% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 151 145% 228 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 91%
TXB2C10960GG7SLT 960GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 158GB free Firmware: ZN1HMC99 SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 238 229 226 228 227 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 200 Write 381 Mixed 194 SusWrite 230 57% 251 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 38.4 156% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 64.9 77% 135 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 83%
Intel 320 Series 300GB-$289 2,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 192GB free Firmware: 4PC10365 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 199 197 196 191 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 260 Write 216 Mixed 188 SusWrite 194 48% 215 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 44.2 4K Mixed 26.8 89% 30.6 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 86.2 DQ Mixed 75.5 66% 100 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 54%
Jmicron Generic 120GB 286 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 76GB free Firmware: 0508 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 78 76 75 74 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 392 Write 77.6 Mixed 140 SusWrite 76 37% 171 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 37.3 4K Mixed 10.7 61% 22 MB/s	DQ Read 99.2 DQ Write 86.3 DQ Mixed 5.6 28% 63.7 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 65%
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154 24,344 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 372GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 105 106 106 105 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 102 Write 58.1 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 106 58% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1867, 1867, 1867, 1867 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 23.4 74% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 24.3 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 82%

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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	1,401x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	543x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	454x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	221x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	181x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	187x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	107x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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 $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16