Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	111% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '20 at 19:28
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 as expected (45^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 123 2-Core 187 79% 133 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 641 61% 505 Pts	64-Core 636 39% 636 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3685) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Lighting 81.3 Reflection 81.2 Parallax 71.7 66% 78.1 fps	MRender 76.9 Gravity 71.5 Splatting 64.1 57% 70.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 693GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 439 420 414 421 412 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 444 Write 439 Mixed 384 SusWrite 423 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 53.9 170% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 43.8 106% 219 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$90 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 116 115 116 115 116 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	60% Above average	Read 93.2 Write 89.5 Mixed 60.7 SusWrite 115 66% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 88%
Seagate Constellation CS 3TB 667 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 120GB free Firmware: CN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 97 97 98 98 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	58% Above average	Read 104 Write 94.5 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 97.6 67% 91 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 112%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$90 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 527GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 70 68 70 71 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	39.7% Below average	Read 68 Write 72.3 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 69.8 49% 66.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 173% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$90 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 83GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 96 96 96 97 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 67 Write 68 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 95.7 53% 71.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.4% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.6 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 15.3 42% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 88%

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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%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,396x
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	453x
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