Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	239% 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.

Run History

26 days ago, 26 days ago, 13 days ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 11 '24 at 10:10
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th 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-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 123 2-Core 244 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 459 62% 460 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.67 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 148 Parallax 138 113% 142 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 146 Splatting 124 106% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 512GB 21,659 User benchmarks, average bench 246% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42B1S6HA SusWrite @10s intervals: 636 465 461 464 466 463 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 2,395 Write 2,075 Mixed 256 SusWrite 493 288% 1,305 MB/s	4K Read 55.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 71.5 235% 80 MB/s	DQ Read 1,098 DQ Write 686 DQ Mixed 571 512% 785 MB/s
Poor: 155% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 318%
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 86GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 409 394 417 383 418 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 394 Write 413 Mixed 312 SusWrite 406 86% 381 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 36.3 135% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 251 209% 299 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 101%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 81GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 608 596 477 291 292 295 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 723 Write 607 Mixed 415 SusWrite 427 121% 543 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 45.9 166% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 778 DQ Write 640 DQ Mixed 722 537% 713 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 236%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 2133 2OZ 4x4GB 137 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 25.9 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 25.3 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 82%

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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	71	59	120	32"	1280 720	DEL4284 DELL G3223Q

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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	1,417x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	551x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	296x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	462x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	222x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	182x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	191x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	107x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	74x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	128x
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 i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16