Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 130% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	157% 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	166% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '21 at 23:28
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 124 2-Core 238 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 564 62% 489 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Gigabyte(1458 404C) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	157% Outstanding	Lighting 235 Reflection 211 Parallax 202 192% 216 fps	MRender 199 Gravity 155 Splatting 138 131% 164 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$80 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42B2S7JA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 599 539 528 556 419 578 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 703 Write 618 Mixed 636 SusWrite 536 140% 623 MB/s	4K Read 56.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 74.9 244% 83.3 MB/s	DQ Read 766 DQ Write 511 DQ Mixed 607 462% 628 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 372%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 33GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 40 39 41 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	24.4% Poor	Read 45 Write 44.5 Mixed 39.6 SusWrite 39.9 31% 42.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.3 71% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 54%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 621GB free Firmware: 2AR20002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 80 80 82 81 80 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 76.9 Write 60.4 Mixed 50.5 SusWrite 78.8 49% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 591GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 183 186 184 186 187 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 147 Mixed 85.9 SusWrite 185 109% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	57.4% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 17.5 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 18.4 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,397x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	541x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	293x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	453x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	220x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	181x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	187x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	108x
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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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