Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	41.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '20 at 21:49
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3-$217 8,137 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 93.3 2-Core 155 68% 113 Pts	4-Core 298 8-Core 488 48% 393 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 59.8 Reflection 64.2 73% 62 fps
Poor: 41% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 38 60 122 12 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 291 Write 159 Mixed 203 SusWrite 46.2 39% 175 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 39.6 4K Mixed 19.7 83% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 53 DQ Write 57.4 DQ Mixed 48.6 38% 53 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 100%
MDT MD2500AAJS-00L7A0 250GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 93GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 56 55 56 55 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 78.5 Write 81.2 Mixed 52.7 SusWrite 55.5 49% 67 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 50%
Seagate ST3250823AS 250GB-$99 5,049 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 31GB free Firmware: 3.03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 41 42 43 43 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	26% Poor	Read 48.2 Write 12.8 Mixed 29.5 SusWrite 42.1 24% 33.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 37%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$39 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 78GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 96 96 96 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 76.5 Write 59.2 Mixed 77 SusWrite 95.7 57% 77.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 76%
USB DISK 3.0 Pro 64GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 15GB free, PID 6023 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 29 25 25 27 25 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Read 41.3 Write 40 Mixed 37.5 SusWrite 25.5 48% 36.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.5 99% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	55.4% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 17.4 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 17.7 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 63%

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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	1,415x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	551x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	296x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	462x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	222x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	182x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	190x
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	128x
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 $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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