Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	142% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '20 at 21:16
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 234 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 496 60% 460 Pts	64-Core 688 43% 688 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.5% 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 (97^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 114 Parallax 120 90% 115 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 108 Splatting 104 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.4% 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: 319 410 319 323 321 320 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 741 Write 626 Mixed 420 SusWrite 335 118% 531 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 51 197% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 780 DQ Write 643 DQ Mixed 753 553% 726 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 236%
Samsun 850 EVO 250G 181GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 105GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 295 306 306 305 304 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 486 Mixed 367 SusWrite 283 93% 416 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 55.4 203% 72 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 258 204% 280 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 114%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 184GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 321 370 372 375 373 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 490 Mixed 425 SusWrite 332 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 67.1 225% 79.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 134%
Seagate ST2000DX 4 2TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 720GB free Firmware: CC62 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 194 194 194 195 194 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 133 Write 108 Mixed 59.4 SusWrite 188 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.5 429% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.5% 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 @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 25.2 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 24.5 68% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 79.2% 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	1,408x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	548x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	458x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	222x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	182x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	189x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	107x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	74x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	127x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16