Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 135% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	162% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

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 (53^rd 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-$348 404,043 User benchmarks, average bench 83% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 124 2-Core 218 86% 146 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 617 66% 513 Pts	64-Core 571 38% 571 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 369,988 User benchmarks, average bench 153% Gigabyte(1458 404C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	162% Outstanding	Lighting 235 Reflection 211 Parallax 202 190% 216 fps	MRender 199 Gravity 155 Splatting 138 130% 164 fps
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 167%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$93 84,769 User benchmarks, average bench 282% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42B2S7JA Max speed: PCIe 5,000 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: 182% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 373%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$22 63,643 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 (7^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: 24% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 55%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 281,727 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 621GB free Firmware: 2AR20002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 80 80 82 81 80 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd 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: 17% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$38 1,423,317 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 591GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 183 186 184 186 187 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^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: 50% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,650 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th 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: 32% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware.

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	60	27"	1280 720	DELD013 DELL 2707WFP

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 83%, 404,043 samples	2,866x
Core i5-4690KIntel $67Bench 78%, 251,169 samples	1,316x
Core i7-4790Intel $220Bench 76%, 251,674 samples	469x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 51%, 832,260 samples	1,071x
GTX 1070Nvidia $138Bench 80%, 1,234,782 samples	461x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,300,415 samples	330x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 104%, 849,566 samples	411x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $140Bench 110%, 710,750 samples	290x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 106%, 758,178 samples	184x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 114,423 samples	283x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 55%, 77,668 samples	280x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 39,287 samples	191x

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Value: 51% - Above average

Total price: $788

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $278	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-12400F $160	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $200
Intel Core i7-12700K $334	Nvidia RTX 3050 $250	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $72	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $470	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16