Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.8% 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	144% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '20 at 04:26
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 0.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 129 2-Core 249 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 479 63% 473 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 82%

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: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 121 Parallax 118 92% 117 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 105 Splatting 93 80% 98.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$60 15,626 User benchmarks, average bench 216% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 571 632 654 654 654 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 737 Write 676 Mixed 522 SusWrite 584 142% 630 MB/s	4K Read 63.3 4K Write 51.5 4K Mixed 57.5 197% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 766 DQ Write 21.8 DQ Mixed 439 308% 409 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 333%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4GB free Firmware: DC32 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 337 Write 220 Mixed 259 60% 272 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 46.8 178% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 140 128% 198 MB/s
Poor: 54% Great: 91%
TXB2C10960GG7SLT 960GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 159GB free Firmware: ZN1HMC99 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 286 310 320 323 321 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 232 Write 376 Mixed 162 SusWrite 292 60% 266 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 38.8 153% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 118 105% 160 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 83%
Intel 320 Series 300GB-$289 2,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 199GB free Firmware: 4PC10365 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 207 216 216 209 209 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 258 Write 219 Mixed 190 SusWrite 204 49% 218 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 43.4 4K Mixed 25.9 89% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 96.6 DQ Mixed 74 67% 103 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 54%
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154 24,344 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 351GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 107 107 107 107 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Read 69.8 Write 62.2 Mixed 52.2 SusWrite 105 53% 72.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 1867, 1867, 1867, 1867 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 24.2 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 24.3 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 74%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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 $273	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 $186	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