Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	110% 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	165% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (72%). 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	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150521
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '20 at 08:33
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	72%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 258 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 517 70% 519 Pts	64-Core 515 32% 515 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 150 Parallax 131 119% 142 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 142 Splatting 112 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$82 74,184 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 425GB free (System drive) Firmware: 32A0T2IA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 515 636 617 616 626 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 641 Write 628 Mixed 549 SusWrite 564 134% 595 MB/s	4K Read 53.6 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 74.9 245% 85.3 MB/s	DQ Read 746 DQ Write 547 DQ Mixed 487 407% 593 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 311%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 17GB free Firmware: 506ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 114 105 106 109 101 MB/s Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	73.2% Very good	Read 273 Write 194 Mixed 218 SusWrite 110 44% 199 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 33.8 153% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 215 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 133 122% 188 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 87%
Toshiba HDWQ140 4TB 4,700 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 124GB free Firmware: FJ1M SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 162 161 145 145 149 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 157 Write 156 Mixed 93 SusWrite 154 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 240% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 112%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 11GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 77 81 81 83 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	42.9% Average	Read 69.2 Write 73.7 Mixed 58.7 SusWrite 79.9 52% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 25.6 80% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 24 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 72%

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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	1,398x
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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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