Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 129% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	138% 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	196% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '17 at 13:31
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 267 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 527 71% 530 Pts	64-Core 537 33% 537 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Lighting 195 Reflection 209 Parallax 190 159% 198 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 190 Splatting 136 126% 155 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 188GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4233 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1155 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 113 (AE) Unknown 100 100 183 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 58 180388626459 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 30183648635 (F7) Unknown 100 100 945907803 (F8) Unknown 100 100 850824859	77.9% Very good	Read 502 Write 268 Mixed 347 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 18.8 131% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 27.9 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 47.7 46% 70 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 91%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	196% Outstanding	Read 1,431 Write 1,261 Mixed 1,194 289% 1,295 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 25.3 148% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 417 DQ Write 437 DQ Mixed 139 184% 331 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 210%
WD WD6402AAEX-00Z3A0 640GB 6,247 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 313GB free Firmware: 01.01V01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4 (03) Spinup time 172 169 4358 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5186 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12376 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3311 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 188 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4997 (C2) HDA temperature 121 98 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	73.1% Very good	Read 139 Write 116 Mixed 115 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.39 120% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 76%
Maxtor STM3160215AS 160GB 8,567 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 58GB free Firmware: 3.AAD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 84 25014969 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 74 74 27467 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 432793778 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 24657 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4971 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 51 487718941 (C2) HDA temperature 29 49 60129542173 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 81 52 129365143 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	35.3% Below average	Read 66.5 Write 56.4 Mixed 55.4 45% 59.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.46 102% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 41%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 16GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 85 85 5460 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 19477 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 1 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8370 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 187 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4484 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 86 65 235536398 (C2) HDA temperature 79 64 352976917 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 69750 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	45.1% Average	Read 77.1 Write 79.7 Mixed 79.6 60% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.34 88% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2000, 2000, 2000, 2000 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	77.3% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 24.6 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 25.4 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 87%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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