Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	114% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	169% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150422
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '19 at 04:19
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	11%

Watch Gameplay: 5700-XT + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 120 2-Core 220 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 652 66% 533 Pts	64-Core 643 40% 643 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Asus(1043 04E2) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.11.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 117 Parallax 264 118% 175 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 139 Splatting 162 117% 139 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme TS1TMTE220S 1TB 103 User benchmarks, average bench 246% 809GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42A0S63A Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 560 643 618 621 615 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	169% Outstanding	Read 651 Write 588 Mixed 99 SusWrite 578 107% 479 MB/s	4K Read 52.7 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 77.1 251% 88.9 MB/s	DQ Read 759 DQ Write 546 DQ Mixed 583 454% 629 MB/s
Poor: 167% ↑ This bench: 169% Great: 339%
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 27GB free Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 121 126 119 123 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	73% Very good	Read 385 Write 144 Mixed 176 SusWrite 119 45% 206 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 36.1 141% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 106 94% 143 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 79%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 679GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 166 166 169 169 172 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 114 Mixed 37.9 SusWrite 163 86% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.5 168% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 114%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 170 169 172 173 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 166 Mixed 89.2 SusWrite 171 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 210% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 101%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB 1,938 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 17GB free, PID 5595 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 46 17 15 12 15 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	30% Poor	Read 119 Write 40.5 Mixed 46.9 SusWrite 24.3 65% 57.7 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.7 147% 3.4 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2400C10-4GTX 0420 F3-2400C11-4GSR 0420 F3-2400C10-4GTX 0420 F3-2400C11-4GSR 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.4 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 19.1 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 91%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical Z97-PRO GAMER Builds (Compare 2,861 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	542x
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 $94Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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