Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 146% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 122% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	169% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '21 at 13:38
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 240 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 676 68% 552 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% MSI(1462 3715) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	169% Outstanding	Lighting 233 Reflection 209 Parallax 273 190% 238 fps	MRender 271 Gravity 229 Splatting 174 178% 225 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 169% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 397 398 405 365 389 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 446 Mixed 363 SusWrite 386 95% 425 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 52.2 4K Mixed 40.1 132% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 218 167% 234 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 79GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 425 413 432 395 418 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 433 Mixed 315 SusWrite 411 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 47 4K Mixed 37.7 126% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 154 136% 211 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 110%
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 286GB free Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 68 7.4 33 311 148 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 368 Write 320 Mixed 312 SusWrite 146 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 47.7 4K Mixed 22.8 95% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 90.1 DQ Mixed 36 52% 99.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 92%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 449GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 80 79 80 78 78 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 93.4 Write 91.6 Mixed 56.1 SusWrite 79.1 59% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 62%
Maxtor 6V250F0 251GB 1,385 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 175GB free Firmware: VA111610 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 60 59 61 60 61 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.5% Below average	Read 58.3 Write 62.1 Mixed 38.7 SusWrite 60.4 40% 54.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 0.1 140% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 26.6 85% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 25.3 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 85%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO - $215

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	330x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	81x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	68x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	71x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	45x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	34x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	21x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	18x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	17x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	22x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	19x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	15x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $857

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