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 above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	65.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '17 at 00:29
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	JOR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 121 2-Core 241 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 636 67% 536 Pts	64-Core 633 39% 633 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 5 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1319 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 217 (64) Unknown 100 100 2773920 (65) Unknown 100 100 556032 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 17 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 98 98 817 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1378 (B7) Unknown 98 98 12 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 100 167504707614 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 5 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 5 (E7) Temperature 98 98 2 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5072 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2997 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3925 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6545 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 5	65.5% Good	Read 486 Write 254 Mixed 264 74% 335 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 35.5 4K Mixed 12 76% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 30.3 66% 139 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 190GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 170 2200 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1795 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4069 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 709 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1736 (C2) HDA temperature 112 99 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	81.3% Excellent	Read 171 Write 112 Mixed 109 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.31 90% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 109%
WD Blue 320GB (2010)-$40 13,720 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 111GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 529 (03) Spinup time 138 135 4083 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5913 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11347 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2460 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 456 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5456 (C2) HDA temperature 113 93 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	39.1% Below average	Read 78.1 Write 57.8 Mixed 91.4 58% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.33 81% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 65%
WD My Passport 0740 500GB 3,483 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 60GB free, PID 0740 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	27.5% Poor	Read 61.1 Write 60.1 Mixed 53.8 74% 58.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.12 65% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. Kingston 9905471-001.A01LF 10GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.9% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 21.3 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 56%

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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	1,401x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	543x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	454x
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	187x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	107x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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	103x

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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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16