Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	96.2% 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	83.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 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
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150521
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '20 at 18:29
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 93.3 2-Core 186 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 538 56% 450 Pts	64-Core 569 35% 569 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Zotac(19DA 6520) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.2% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 109 Parallax 111 96% 113 fps	MRender 168 Gravity 106 Splatting 93.8 97% 123 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 360GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 318 309 321 330 339 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 364 Write 376 Mixed 284 SusWrite 320 76% 336 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 85.7 4K Mixed 33.7 127% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 137 129% 195 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 105%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 20GB free Firmware: X35510RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 139 119 105 95 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 289 Write 301 Mixed 211 SusWrite 119 52% 230 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 98.6 4K Mixed 38.4 140% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 19.2 86% 197 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 472GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 149 147 148 149 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 151 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 147 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 114%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 385GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 145 144 144 145 145 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 130 Mixed 102 SusWrite 144 102% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 235% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 108%
Seagate External 2TB 680 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 997GB free, PID 3332 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 150 155 151 154 146 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Read 120 Write 104 Mixed 74.5 SusWrite 150 152% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 64% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	53.1% Above average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 17.7 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 13 36% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,396x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	541x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	293x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	453x
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 $109Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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