Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	188% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '20 at 07:01
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1241 v3-$209 3,580 User benchmarks, average bench 75% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 251 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 666 69% 554 Pts	64-Core 655 41% 655 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 863B) 3GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (99^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (71 fps cap detected)	57.8% Above average	Lighting 71.6 Reflection 70.7 Parallax 61.8 58% 68 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 66.9 Splatting 70.2 57% 69.3 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 505 796 310 310 310 311 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	188% Outstanding	Read 1,134 Write 1,009 Mixed 917 SusWrite 424 195% 871 MB/s	4K Read 54.2 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 74.4 248% 87.1 MB/s	DQ Read 967 DQ Write 835 DQ Mixed 934 691% 912 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 188% Great: 280%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 338GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 77 74 77 80 80 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	46.9% Average	Read 85.4 Write 75.4 Mixed 51.6 SusWrite 77.7 53% 72.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 128% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 3,160 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2363 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 27.6 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 28.3 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 121%

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

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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	1,403x
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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16