Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	147% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	18 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 29 '20 at 16:14
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	OMN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 124 2-Core 246 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 652 66% 536 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 445.78 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Lighting 79.3 Reflection 82.9 Parallax 80.4 65% 80.9 fps	MRender 79.3 Gravity 73.1 Splatting 65.9 59% 72.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 1TB 29,078 User benchmarks, average bench 231% 809GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0614B0G Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 573 634 626 631 623 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	147% Outstanding	Read 705 Write 599 Mixed 584 SusWrite 564 138% 613 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 36.7 190% 76.4 MB/s	DQ Read 749 DQ Write 519 DQ Mixed 456 389% 575 MB/s
Poor: 145% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 310%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 108GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 138 132 139 132 149 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 107 Write 107 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 136 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 112%
WD My Book 1230 2TB 4,878 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1.5TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 37 37 37 37 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Read 38.2 Write 35.3 Mixed 32 SusWrite 36.5 48% 35.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 122% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BD160B.M16 3x8GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.1% Below average	MC Read 12.2 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 9.4 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 12.2 SC Mixed 11.3 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 67.3 60% 67.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 60%

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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%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,404x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	546x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	457x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	221x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	181x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	188x
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	109x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	104x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16