Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	69.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	21 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '16 at 21:12
Run Duration	315 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 87.2 1-Core 120 2-Core 240 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 594 64% 508 Pts	64-Core 607 38% 607 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Lighting 89.5 Reflection 89.6 Parallax 78.8 73% 86 fps	MRender 81.9 Gravity 78.6 Splatting 70 62% 76.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 9480580 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -96963181674487 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 21 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 18 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 46 25772818459 (C2) HDA temperature 27 46 25772818459 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9480580 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9480580 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9480580 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 20 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10 (F2) Unknown 0 0 23 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2359309	67.1% Good	Read 455 Write 186 Mixed 257 66% 299 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 13.8 102% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 47.3 74% 139 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 661GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 214478656 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2003 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 4306593687 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2450 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 504 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 55 488439837 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9305 (C2) HDA temperature 29 45 17179869213 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 79852031968053 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4498213262 (F2) Unknown 100 253 134723636594	94.6% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 156 Mixed 170 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.25 88% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 112%
Samsung HD252HJ 250GB 8,167 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 212GB free Firmware: 1AC01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 92 92 3230 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 3925 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3294 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1508 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 1 387383319 (C2) HDA temperature 76 58 404160536 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 454 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	50.9% Above average	Read 89 Write 88.1 Mixed 87.5 66% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.54 124% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 58%
USB DISK 2.0 8GB 327 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 3d00 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	7.41% Terrible	Read 28.5 Write 5.41 Mixed 8.58 14% 14.2 MB/s	4K Read 8.68 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.003 33% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.41% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. Kingston KHX1866C9D3/8GX 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. Kingston KHX1866C9D3/8GX 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 15.9 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 18 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 60%

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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	1,404x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	546x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	457x
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	188x
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	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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16