Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.1% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	73.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	May 22 '17 at 19:06
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 118 2-Core 233 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 449 60% 449 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Asus(1043 0464) CLim: 1120 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	4.1% Terrible	Lighting 5.13 Reflection 4.62 Parallax 6.5 4% 5.42 fps	MRender 4.14 Gravity 4.43 Splatting 5.52 4% 4.7 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 4.1% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSNJ128GMC 128GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 111GB free Firmware: JUGB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	63.5% Good	Read 422 Write 297 Mixed 347 79% 355 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 38.2 4K Mixed 21.3 73% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 71 70% 111 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 64%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$99 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 29421 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 286 (B1) Unknown 94 94 70 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 59 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 5 (EB) Unknown 99 99 118 (F1) Unknown 99 99 37964430580	73.1% Very good	Read 490 Write 338 Mixed 352 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 65.3 4K Mixed 12.5 108% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 32.7 DQ Write 65.4 DQ Mixed 14.3 21% 37.5 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 118%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 234GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 87 3015 (03) Spinup time 72 72 9060 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7544 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 42162 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1058 (0D) Soft read error rate 99 89 2480 (B7) Unknown 100 100 223 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 4425 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 82 63 336592914 (C2) HDA temperature 80 61 353173524 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1044396 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 99 97 41 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 6 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 29	32.8% Below average	Read 60.4 Write 53.9 Mixed 52.4 42% 55.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.28 70% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 58%
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB-$44 34,705 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 45GB free Firmware: 3.AAB Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 79 86643155 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4907 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 192806820 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34371 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1107 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 35 488243229 (C2) HDA temperature 29 65 68719476765 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 63 51 156454519 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	42.1% Average	Read 72.5 Write 74.2 Mixed 73.2 55% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.39 87% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	62.3% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 20.1 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.1 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,411x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	549x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	296x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	459x
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 $90Bench 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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	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