Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	35.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '18 at 06:37
Run Duration	100 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3-$217 8,137 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 0.8 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 94 1-Core 109 2-Core 218 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 567 57% 461 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SV300S37A120G 250GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 154GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 214593583 (03) Spinup time 100 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 9050 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 64610376591 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 26062 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 37 5550 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 34 34 66 (BC) Unknown 100 94 188981444660 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 46 454361115 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 575 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 599 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 393384 (C2) HDA temperature 27 54 12884901915 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 38 214593583 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 231 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 22071836952200 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3856354808 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1912604244 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	7.69% Terrible	Read 63.7 Write 77.6 Mixed 59.6 15% 67 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.26 1% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.69% Great: 132%
WD Green SATA M.2 240GB-$76 5,323 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 619 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 90 (A5) Unknown 100 100 34381627674 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 22 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 18 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 49 219043332134 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 403732365406 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1401 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2644 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1650 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3528 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	35.6% Below average	Read 465 Write 99.2 Mixed 223 57% 263 MB/s	4K Read 14.6 4K Write 18.2 4K Mixed 3.16 36% 12 MB/s	DQ Read 18.6 DQ Write 22.9 DQ Mixed 3.62 8% 15 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend TX2400KLN-8GK 4x4GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1923 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 21.5 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 22.2 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 85%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,408x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	548x
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	222x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	182x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	189x
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	127x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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