Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	114% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '18 at 06:42
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 131 2-Core 265 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 715 73% 590 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 113 Parallax 112 89% 112 fps	MRender 94.1 Gravity 98.3 Splatting 91.8 77% 94.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 297 296 295 295 294 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 471 Mixed 376 SusWrite 302 92% 412 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 54.2 191% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 357 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 317GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 373 392 387 389 393 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 459 Mixed 405 SusWrite 384 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 47.5 192% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 256 222% 328 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 126%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 442GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 375 398 393 394 376 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 464 Mixed 449 SusWrite 384 101% 447 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 58.9 208% 77.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 129%
WD Se 3TB (2013)-$67 926 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 167 170 170 171 170 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 165 Mixed 120 SusWrite 169 116% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G3D1869DE1TX0. 2x8GB 3,080 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1904 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	70.7% Very good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 21.9 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 22.5 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 72%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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