Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.6% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141013
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '19 at 02:59
Run Duration	102 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 657 70% 557 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.6% Above average	Lighting 63 Reflection 67.5 Parallax 61.7 51% 64 fps	MRender 70.2 Gravity 59.9 Splatting 53.7 49% 61.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 54%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 868GB free (System drive) Firmware: MX4O SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 131 136 145 151 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 145 Write 140 Mixed 31 SusWrite 140 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.3 107% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	61.2% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.7 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 20.4 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 63%

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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	1,395x
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	452x
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