Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	147% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). 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	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '19 at 19:08
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 120 2-Core 244 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 656 66% 535 Pts	64-Core 645 40% 645 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.7% Above average	Lighting 62.4 Reflection 67.4 Parallax 66.3 51% 65.4 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 60.2 Splatting 54.6 50% 62.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 405GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 535 563 545 546 537 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	147% Outstanding	Read 587 Write 506 Mixed 430 SusWrite 502 114% 506 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 54.8 198% 70.8 MB/s	DQ Read 780 DQ Write 641 DQ Mixed 825 587% 749 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 254%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 868GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 115 113 113 112 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 99.9 Write 39.3 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 113 57% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 72%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 124 123 120 124 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 88.6 Write 39.9 Mixed 57.6 SusWrite 122 57% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 72%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 388GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 87 87 88 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 87.1 Write 40.5 Mixed 47.4 SusWrite 87.5 48% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 72%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 903GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 105 107 106 105 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 101 Write 38.8 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 106 56% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 201% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 72%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 221GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 69 70 70 69 70 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 88.2 Write 88.3 Mixed 54.8 SusWrite 69.9 55% 75.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 69%
SAMSUNG HM321HI 320GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 161GB free, PID 0c25 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 39 40 40 39 39 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Read 38.3 Write 27.9 Mixed 33 SusWrite 38.8 46% 34.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 73% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 4,223 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1387 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	54.4% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.1 52% 18 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 18.9 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 64%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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 $179	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