Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.7% 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	125% 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	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '20 at 00:48
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 137 2-Core 263 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 728 71% 581 Pts	64-Core 732 45% 732 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.8% 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)	88.7% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 114 Parallax 108 90% 111 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 107 Splatting 104 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.7% 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% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 184 166 206 247 261 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 670 Write 606 Mixed 375 SusWrite 224 105% 469 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 39 178% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 756 DQ Write 636 DQ Mixed 552 453% 648 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 236%
Samsun 850 EVO 250G 181GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 105GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 317 301 303 301 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 532 Write 473 Mixed 368 SusWrite 283 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 51.8 182% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 254 202% 279 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 184GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 402 424 417 403 400 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 484 Mixed 422 SusWrite 371 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 55.5 200% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 134%
Seagate ST2000DX 4 2TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 720GB free Firmware: CC62 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 179 178 178 180 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Read 133 Write 111 Mixed 59.2 SusWrite 172 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.5 433% 3 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88% 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 @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	61.1% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 18.6 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 18.8 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61.1% 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	1,409x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	548x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	296x

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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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