Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	111% 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	101% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	20.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151208
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '24 at 10:48
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 93.8 2-Core 186 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 298 8-Core 321 41% 309 Pts	64-Core 337 21% 337 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Asus(1043 8708) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.79 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	111% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 141 Parallax 160 116% 148 fps	MRender 160 Gravity 127 Splatting 114 107% 134 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 316 344 394 435 423 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 434 Write 130 Mixed 229 SusWrite 366 65% 290 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 69.1 4K Mixed 45.1 144% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 180 185% 301 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 126%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 3GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 468 Write 444 Mixed 393 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 72.2 4K Mixed 48.9 156% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 357 269% 359 MB/s
Poor: 81% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D169DS3.16FE 4x8GB 353 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.1% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 17.9 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 17.3 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 55.1% 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 0: 0P 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	53	25	165	31.5"	1280 720	GSM5BD3 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	1,403x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	543x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	455x
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 $90Bench 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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16