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 (97th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 3 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	82.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

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 13:41
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (97^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 137 2-Core 250 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 700 72% 579 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.4% 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: 131 107 130 131 134 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 413 Write 145 Mixed 205 SusWrite 125 49% 222 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 42.4 167% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 161 122% 166 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 82%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 90GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 411 323 194 207 175 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 481 Mixed 331 SusWrite 275 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 48 177% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 204 188% 290 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 107%
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 56GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 422 386 419 387 422 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 412 Write 416 Mixed 316 SusWrite 394 87% 384 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 40 156% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 252 209% 298 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 (98^th percentile)	79% Very good	Read 142 Write 134 Mixed 104 SusWrite 133 95% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 218% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 79% 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 (91^st percentile)	61.9% Good	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.7 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 20.7 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.9% 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	1,399x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	543x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	293x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	454x
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 $90Bench 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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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