Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.6% 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	76.8% 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '21 at 01:53
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 79.3 1-Core 110 2-Core 207 75% 132 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 524 56% 444 Pts	64-Core 581 36% 581 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.6% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 114 Parallax 115 85% 111 fps	MRender 81.7 Gravity 111 Splatting 99.5 80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 900GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 455 502 508 514 517 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	147% Outstanding	Read 620 Write 505 Mixed 545 SusWrite 478 121% 537 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 92.5 4K Mixed 61.4 201% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 759 DQ Write 608 DQ Mixed 821 577% 729 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 410%
Adata SP900 256GB-$300 9,430 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.8.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 197 191 197 202 197 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 360 Write 268 Mixed 278 SusWrite 194 62% 275 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 76.6 4K Mixed 37.8 130% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 226 171% 230 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 89%
Seagate ST3320820AS 320GB-$55 14,577 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 298GB free Firmware: 3.AAC SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 80 78 78 79 80 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 77.5 Write 47.7 Mixed 43.5 SusWrite 78.2 45% 61.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 44%
Generic Flash Disk 64GB 94 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 40GB free, PID 6998 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.8 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.8 6 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	3.95% Terrible	Read 13.3 Write 4 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 5.7 8% 6.82 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 12% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.95% Great: 5%
USB FLASH DRIVE 64GB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 55GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.4 10 10 10 9.7 10 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	6.46% Terrible	Read 24.5 Write 7.5 Mixed 6 SusWrite 10 14% 12 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 12% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 6.46% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333 C9 4x4GB 1,560 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	42.8% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 12.9 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.5 38% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 81.9 49% 81.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 54%

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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%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,397x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	541x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	293x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	453x
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 $109Bench 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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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