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 as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	61.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit färger, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20141013
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '18 at 17:07
Run Duration	262 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 131 2-Core 270 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 701 70% 568 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8506) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 203041220 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 41523743843471 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 230 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 32 (B1) Unknown 0 0 96 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 48 1013615427617 (C2) HDA temperature 33 48 1013615427617 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 203041220 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 203041220 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 203041220 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 38654705665 (E9) Unknown 0 0 43939 (EA) Unknown 0 0 16660 (F1) Unknown 0 0 16660 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16134 (F4) Unknown 94 94 196739254	61.3% Good	Read 514 Write 145 Mixed 246 66% 302 MB/s	4K Read 10.8 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 9.49 95% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 32.1 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 6.94 36% 76 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 85%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 36GB free Firmware: DXT06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 34540 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 846 (B1) Unknown 92 92 73 (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 65 53 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 36 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1580176471	70.8% Very good	Read 504 Write 209 Mixed 142 62% 285 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 13.9 119% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 30.9 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 29.1 41% 70.6 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 85%
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 14GB free Firmware: DXT07B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 44498 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 179 (B1) Unknown 89 89 128 (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 67 50 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 98 (F1) Unknown 99 99 53959854456	74.2% Very good	Read 456 Write 185 Mixed 227 63% 289 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 98.3 4K Mixed 16.1 122% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 35.8 77% 160 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 89%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 9GB free Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12240656819041 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 185 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B7) Unknown 100 100 9 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 33 44 81607262241 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 60131 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 45 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 60131 (F2) Unknown 100 100 39465 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1443	90.2% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 256 Mixed 318 79% 359 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 22.8 152% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 51 90% 175 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 91%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 172GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 214 127 8283 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1146 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29569 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 67 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1109 (C2) HDA temperature 111 97 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.3% Above average	Read 103 Write 100 Mixed 104 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.23 106% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 100%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 56GB free Firmware: 0502 Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	Read 51.8 Write 57.8 Mixed 54.6 41% 54.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.31 80% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 4x8GB 793 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	70.7% Very good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 22 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 21.1 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 80%

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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	1,398x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	541x
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 $109Bench 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 $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 $40	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