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 above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	168% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '21 at 21:12
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 218 85% 147 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 486 64% 482 Pts	64-Core 482 30% 482 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.09 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P5 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$69 17,082 User benchmarks, average bench 256% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: P4CR311 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 615 630 644 642 636 613 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	168% Outstanding	Read 668 Write 636 Mixed 629 SusWrite 630 144% 641 MB/s	4K Read 50.5 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 66.3 224% 78.2 MB/s	DQ Read 784 DQ Write 720 DQ Mixed 990 677% 831 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 332%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 96GB free Firmware: KC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 126 121 117 119 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 119 Write 122 Mixed 66 SusWrite 121 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 88%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 276GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 82 84 86 84 85 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 80.2 Write 73 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 84.5 55% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 69%
SanDisk Ultra 16GB 2,997 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 3GB free, PID 558a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 38 23 13 13 15 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	Read 131 Write 38.3 Mixed 58 SusWrite 23.3 70% 62.7 MB/s	4K Read 6.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 2.9 182% 3.8 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	64% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.2 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 64% 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	1,401x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	543x
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	221x
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	109x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	103x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16