Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	79.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141013
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 24 '20 at 13:18
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 256 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 724 69% 573 Pts	64-Core 721 45% 721 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 108 117 114 112 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 399 Write 147 Mixed 201 SusWrite 115 48% 216 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 40.6 161% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 157 120% 164 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 82%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 90GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 216 192 187 149 160 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 319 Write 399 Mixed 221 SusWrite 200 64% 285 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 25.1 146% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 121 137% 238 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 107%
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 50GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 386 418 384 418 369 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 401 Write 419 Mixed 319 SusWrite 385 86% 381 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 39.9 156% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 251 209% 299 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%
Wd1003fbyx-88 LEN 1TB 343 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 865GB free Firmware: WB32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 133 132 133 134 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 146 Write 135 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 133 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 213% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 20,667 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	62.6% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18.9 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 20.4 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 77%

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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	1,396x
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