Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	67.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	182% 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

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Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '18 at 21:02
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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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 i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 247 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 482 65% 486 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85B6) CLim: 2176 MHz, MLim: 2288 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (100^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (84 fps cap detected)	67.7% Good	Lighting 84.4 Reflection 85 Parallax 83.6 69% 84.4 fps	MRender 84.1 Gravity 78.8 Splatting 78.1 66% 80.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 165GB free Firmware: DXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18722 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1296 (B1) Unknown 91 91 102 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 60 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 806 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29784714853	71.8% Very good	Read 513 Write 238 Mixed 225 71% 325 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 99 4K Mixed 12.4 111% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 30.3 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 31.2 51% 91.5 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 85%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7201Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	182% Outstanding	Read 1,439 Write 1,045 Mixed 1,098 265% 1,194 MB/s	4K Read 56.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 35.8 192% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 61 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 35.3 44% 75.1 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 182% Great: 236%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0. 4x4GB 1,688 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2288 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 29 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 27.6 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 47.4 84% 47.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 65%

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

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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	1,398x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	542x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	293x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	454x
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 $94Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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