Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	55.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150521
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '20 at 13:16
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 107 2-Core 250 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 688 71% 571 Pts	64-Core 688 43% 688 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 3FDA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.2% Outstanding	Lighting 110 Reflection 108 Parallax 112 89% 110 fps	MRender 156 Gravity 106 Splatting 87.8 92% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 64 83 45 57 51 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 371 Write 359 Mixed 92.6 SusWrite 71.1 50% 224 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 19.7 87% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 36 81% 166 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 86%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$45 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 120GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 436 422 425 436 429 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 442 Write 409 Mixed 410 SusWrite 430 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 52.1 168% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 293 240% 342 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 125%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 689GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 157 158 158 158 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 153 Mixed 97.6 SusWrite 158 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 109%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 35,039 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 625GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 122 123 126 119 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 132 Write 123 Mixed 82 SusWrite 121 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	58.3% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.2 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 19.4 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 62%

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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	1,403x
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	455x
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 $79Bench 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 $290	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16