Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics100% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
Run History
MotherboardAsus Z97-PRO GAMER  (all builds)
Memory11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20160226
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateDec 23 '16 at 17:08
Run Duration127 Seconds
Run User FIN-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing as expected (45th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
83.1% Excellent
Memory 89.7
1-Core 123
2-Core 240
85% 151 Pts
4-Core 412
8-Core 625
64% 519 Pts
64-Core 592
37% 592 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 83.1%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.19
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
100% Outstanding
Lighting 130
Reflection 136
Parallax 116
106% 128 fps
MRender 104
Gravity 125
Splatting 101
89% 110 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 100%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109
190GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
446GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
82.5% Excellent
Read 147
Write 140
Mixed 122
102% 137 MB/s
4K Read 0.41
4K Write 2.58
4K Mixed 0.36
105% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 82.5%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CML8GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB
1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing below potential (13th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
46.9% Average
MC Read 15.9
MC Write 17
MC Mixed 14.3
45% 15.7 GB/s
SC Read 13.4
SC Write 16.1
SC Mixed 14.9
42% 14.8 GB/s
Latency 67.6
59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 46.9%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97-PRO GAMER Builds (Compare 2,860 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $648
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