Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	101% 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	79.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150209
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '21 at 04:08
Run Duration	269 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 108 2-Core 212 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 399 52% 390 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 137 Parallax 141 103% 135 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 133 Splatting 114 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 189 160 160 162 156 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Read 488 Write 412 Mixed 352 SusWrite 171 80% 355 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 37.1 4K Mixed 34.8 126% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 90.3 DQ Mixed 166 140% 212 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 124%
Mushkin MKNSSDRE960GB 960GB 155 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 94GB free Firmware: P1003B SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 284 351 344 354 327 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 472 Write 387 Mixed 297 SusWrite 310 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 33.3 4K Mixed 20.8 69% 23.5 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 77 DQ Mixed 140 109% 154 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 95%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 2TB-$130 5,895 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 961GB free Firmware: X61170RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 292 364 353 370 339 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 465 Write 360 Mixed 245 SusWrite 320 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 32.6 4K Mixed 31.7 105% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 75.2 DQ Mixed 138 124% 198 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 119%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 147 157 150 156 146 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Read 110 Write 109 Mixed 59.3 SusWrite 147 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1 214% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 99[2/7/4]122(F/R) 2x8GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	60.5% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 18.3 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 19.3 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 87%

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

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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	1,399x
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 $90Bench 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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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