Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	120% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	145% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	19.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150521
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '20 at 10:23
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 137 2-Core 267 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 702 74% 591 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Nvidia(10DE 139E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	120% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 151 Parallax 162 132% 158 fps	MRender 187 Gravity 134 Splatting 109 113% 143 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2018)-$59 8,648 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101140WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 332 342 352 345 346 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	145% Outstanding	Read 627 Write 687 Mixed 658 SusWrite 353 131% 581 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 61.9 208% 78 MB/s	DQ Read 777 DQ Write 728 DQ Mixed 799 587% 768 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 228%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 868GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 87 85 86 87 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	51% Above average	Read 91.5 Write 88.6 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 86.1 61% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 117GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 168 167 171 170 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 186 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 169 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 32GB-$8 9,864 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 5GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 145 Write 102 Mixed 109 145% 119 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 3.8 282% 4.4 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX2133C11D3/8GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX2133C11D3/8GX 24GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1632, 1632, 1632, 1632 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61.4% Good	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 18.7 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 20 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 78%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,398x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	542x
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 $94Bench 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 $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