Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


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 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 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	70.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86.8% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	17.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141208
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '21 at 18:49
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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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 i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 79.9 1-Core 117 2-Core 228 79% 142 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 423 60% 439 Pts	64-Core 453 28% 453 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$239 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% EVGA(3842 1068) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.7% Very good	Lighting 87.9 Reflection 88.6 Parallax 81.8 72% 86.1 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 78.6 Splatting 71.9 69% 86.4 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 271 189 181 179 180 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 466 Write 352 Mixed 17.2 SusWrite 208 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 39.3 136% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 196 176% 263 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 103%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 459GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 153 150 153 154 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 152 Mixed 104 SusWrite 151 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 227% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 109%
WD My Passport 2626 1TB 5,856 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 886GB free, PID 2626 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 114 114 114 113 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	63% Good	Read 126 Write 105 Mixed 62.1 SusWrite 111 133% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 6.6 4K Mixed 0.8 254% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 67%
Kingston DataTraveler R3.0 G2 USB 3.0 32GB-$30 1,204 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 29GB free, PID 16a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 116 Write 78.2 Mixed 24 80% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 7.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 1 75% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 10% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 24GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1373, 1373, 1373, 1373 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	52.3% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 16.4 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 16.5 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 80.7 50% 80.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 52%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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