Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	131% 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	95% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

5 months ago, 4 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150407
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '23 at 07:48
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 113 2-Core 215 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 592 59% 480 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Gigabyte(1458 4003) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	131% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 175 Parallax 195 143% 182 fps	MRender 193 Gravity 160 Splatting 133 129% 162 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 215 203 204 206 202 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 438 Write 404 Mixed 345 SusWrite 215 79% 350 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 77.2 4K Mixed 49 161% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 359 256% 330 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 449GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 344 442 449 457 449 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 439 Write 415 Mixed 374 SusWrite 401 92% 407 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 80.7 4K Mixed 47.9 155% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 350 265% 356 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3-1600 CL11 4GB 4x4GB 338 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.4 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 18.6 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 68%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 8: 0P 1R 0G 3B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
8%	11%	36	217	60	165	31.5"	2560 1440	GSM7766 LG ULTRAGEAR

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,406x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	547x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	458x
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	188x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	107x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16