Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	95.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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	6.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '20 at 14:04
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	13%

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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 81 1-Core 103 2-Core 209 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 358 50% 368 Pts	64-Core 356 22% 356 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 8623) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.4% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 135 Parallax 113 100% 124 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 120 Splatting 101 86% 105 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 397 Write 428 Mixed 357 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 73.7 4K Mixed 32.8 114% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 171 170% 273 MB/s
Poor: 65% Great: 99%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 87GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 333 390 411 403 413 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 411 Mixed 402 SusWrite 371 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 85.4 4K Mixed 47.5 157% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 263 222% 323 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 125%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 3TB 8,194 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 143 144 150 147 141 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 147 Write 140 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 144 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 112%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 4TB 1,113 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 906GB free, PID d011 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 88 90 91 89 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	41% Average	Read 105 Write 94.3 Mixed 46 SusWrite 89.4 110% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 106% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 75%
Generic Flash Disk 2GB 6,669 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.6 5.1 5.2 5.2 5 5.2 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	5.08% Terrible	Read 20.2 Write 3.8 Mixed 4.8 SusWrite 5 9% 8.45 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 17% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.08% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905402-668.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/8G 9905402-668.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.3% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 14.9 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 13.8 40% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 78.7 51% 78.7 ns

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	1,398x
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	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 $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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $40	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