Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	28.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	104% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '19 at 17:46
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$65 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 109 2-Core 203 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 553 56% 454 Pts	64-Core 565 35% 565 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 3208) CLim: 1468 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	28.6% Poor	Lighting 36 Reflection 33.7 Parallax 29.2 29% 33 fps	MRender 36.6 Gravity 31.7 Splatting 32 27% 33.4 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 648GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 421 430 447 437 443 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 412 Write 414 Mixed 281 SusWrite 433 87% 385 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 39.7 150% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 276 226% 324 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 671GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 159 163 164 161 163 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 158 Mixed 108 SusWrite 162 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata MI64C1D1629Z1 2x8GB 2,816 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.8 56% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 19 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 59%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	1,417x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	551x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	296x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	462x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	222x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	182x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	191x
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	128x
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 i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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