Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.3% 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	93.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (11%). 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 @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '19 at 07:11
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 246 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 646 67% 540 Pts	64-Core 686 42% 686 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 87%

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: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 120 Parallax 107 93% 113 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 105 Splatting 92.2 80% 97.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 277 317 305 296 302 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 454 Mixed 365 SusWrite 293 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 53.4 4K Mixed 42.5 146% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 223 176% 252 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 52GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 103 105 103 103 107 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Read 175 Write 156 Mixed 114 SusWrite 104 102% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 235% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 109%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 64GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 133 135 135 128 135 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 151 Write 139 Mixed 81.9 SusWrite 133 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 105%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 620GB free Firmware: AX0P2D SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 76 76 73 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 79.9 Write 79.3 Mixed 31 SusWrite 74.7 48% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 99% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 62%
WD My Book 1230 2TB 4,878 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 121 125 126 122 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 119 Write 114 Mixed 88.2 SusWrite 124 151% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 112% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 12,350 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	61.2% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.2 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 17.7 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 64%

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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%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,396x
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	453x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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