Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89% 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	137% 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 (73%). 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '20 at 17:05
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	73%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 250 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 651 65% 527 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 112 Parallax 110 90% 111 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 107 Splatting 103 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 269 313 315 316 317 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 681 Write 621 Mixed 399 SusWrite 314 113% 504 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 48.7 196% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 775 DQ Write 632 DQ Mixed 681 516% 696 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 236%
Samsun 850 EVO 250G 181GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 105GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 305 304 306 307 307 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 534 Write 487 Mixed 359 SusWrite 306 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 56.3 204% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 255 203% 279 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 114%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 184GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 401 390 397 398 397 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 488 Mixed 381 SusWrite 384 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 66.2 223% 79.3 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 134%
Seagate ST2000DX 4 2TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 720GB free Firmware: CC62 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 148 148 147 148 148 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	77.7% Very good	Read 122 Write 101 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 148 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.4 419% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2176 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 25.8 82% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 23.5 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 79%

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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	1,401x
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	454x
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 $75Bench 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	103x

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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16