Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.3% 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	44.7% 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150521
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '21 at 14:32
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 as expected (45^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 79.7 1-Core 120 2-Core 252 82% 151 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 589 64% 505 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.83% Terrible	Lighting 4.2 Reflection 3 Parallax 7.9 3% 5.03 fps	MRender 8.7 Gravity 2.7 Splatting 5.7 5% 5.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.83% Great: 3%
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 3FDA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 118 Reflection 106 Parallax 122 96% 115 fps	MRender 170 Gravity 117 Splatting 0.2 68% 95.6 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 70 45 63 25 31 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 222 Write 90.3 Mixed 314 SusWrite 55.3 38% 170 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 18.6 81% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 21.6 60% 126 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 86%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 199GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 450 463 434 382 383 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 466 Mixed 444 SusWrite 426 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 99.6 4K Mixed 54.4 175% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 297 242% 343 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 125%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 559GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 154 153 151 154 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 162 Mixed 99.3 SusWrite 154 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 246% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 109%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 35,039 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 1TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 142 139 135 140 140 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 140 Write 140 Mixed 88 SusWrite 138 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 16.9 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 18.2 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 81.1 49% 81.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 62%

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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%

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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	1,398x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	542x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	293x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	454x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	220x
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 $80Bench 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	108x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	103x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16