Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	120% 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.
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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '21 at 09:35
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 256 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 692 72% 577 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 4001) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Lighting 157 Reflection 154 Parallax 154 128% 155 fps	MRender 191 Gravity 136 Splatting 118 118% 148 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-128M6S+ 128GB 299 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 445 Write 377 Mixed 252 79% 358 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 40.8 147% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 208 178% 262 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 100%
Plextor PX-512M8VC 512GB 1,062 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 7GB free Firmware: 1.01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 499 Write 169 Mixed 165 60% 278 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 64.9 4K Mixed 40.3 131% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 132 119% 187 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 122%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 25GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 119 131 132 114 124 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 150 Write 148 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 120 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.3 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 19.2 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 61: 9R 3G 7B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
61%	56%	34	304	235	60	23.1"	1920 1080	GSM5A45 23MP65

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Typical Z97-PRO GAMER Builds (Compare 2,873 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $176	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