Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.6% 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	175% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '21 at 20:51
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 138 2-Core 271 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 724 74% 598 Pts	64-Core 722 45% 722 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92% 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)	3.92% Terrible	Lighting 4.2 Reflection 3 Parallax 8 3% 5.07 fps	MRender 9.9 Gravity 2.7 Splatting 5.7 5% 6.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.92% Great: 3%
Nvidia RTX 2060-$296 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2066) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3725 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 132 Parallax 114 95% 121 fps	MRender 144 Gravity 100 Splatting 98.2 92% 114 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDS100T3XHC-00SJG0 1TB 15,624 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 672 698 688 677 691 696 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	175% Outstanding	Read 715 Write 709 Mixed 702 SusWrite 687 159% 703 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 66.8 227% 83.3 MB/s	DQ Read 778 DQ Write 744 DQ Mixed 954 663% 825 MB/s
Poor: 194% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 334%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 32GB free Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 93 71 63 63 71 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 468 Write 311 Mixed 320 SusWrite 105 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 32.3 142% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 172 156% 233 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 100%
Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB-$32 118,349 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 342GB free Firmware: AM0P2C SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 96 96 96 96 95 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	57% Above average	Read 103 Write 99.2 Mixed 35.6 SusWrite 95.3 61% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.4 97% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 60%
Seagate ST31000524NS 1TB-$94 5,596 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 443GB free Firmware: SN11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 113 115 115 114 114 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 106 Write 107 Mixed 62 SusWrite 114 71% 97.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 169 171 178 175 167 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 60.5 Write 137 Mixed 28.8 SusWrite 169 71% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 43% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 5,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 26.9 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 27.3 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 109%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,403x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	544x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	456x
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 $79Bench 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	104x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	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