Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	69.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141104
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '20 at 16:00
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 261 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 482 60% 456 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C75A) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.2% Good	Lighting 98.2 Reflection 88.8 Parallax 0.09 80% 62.4 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 82.8 Splatting 0 48% 68 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SATA M.2 250GB-$89 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 52 26 39 29 43 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 344 Write 184 Mixed 85.8 SusWrite 49.5 36% 166 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 44 167% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 105 114% 196 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 100%
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$51 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 54GB free Firmware: UF450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 38 110 71 102 138 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 432 Write 328 Mixed 278 SusWrite 114 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 40.1 4K Mixed 12.3 64% 23.5 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 80.8 DQ Mixed 9.4 31% 68.7 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 55%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 266GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 166 168 168 169 169 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 117 Write 118 Mixed 29 SusWrite 168 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.1 384% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 2,168 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 29 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 26 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 88%

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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	1,399x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	543x
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 $90Bench 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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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