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 above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	146% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	20.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '19 at 21:37
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$99 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 89 1-Core 100 2-Core 199 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 384 50% 377 Pts	64-Core 372 23% 372 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8520) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 436.15 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 30% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 551 509 330 331 330 331 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	146% Outstanding	Read 670 Write 590 Mixed 561 SusWrite 397 124% 555 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 62.8 202% 68.9 MB/s	DQ Read 759 DQ Write 674 DQ Mixed 826 589% 753 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 280%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 74GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 294 295 296 296 295 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 464 Mixed 397 SusWrite 298 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 97.6 4K Mixed 56 182% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 354 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 19GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 447 Write 451 Mixed 394 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 96.1 4K Mixed 55.8 182% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 356 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: CV23 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 173 174 174 174 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 161 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 173 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 113%
Seagate SkyHawk 4TB (2016)-$95 7,966 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3.5TB free Firmware: CV11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 182 184 184 183 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 180 Mixed 82 SusWrite 182 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BA160B.C16 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 1315 CT102464BA160B.C16 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 24GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1648, 1648, 1648, 1648 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	60.7% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 18.3 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 20 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 61%

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

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,408x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	548x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	458x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	222x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	182x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	189x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	107x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	74x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	127x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	109x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	104x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16