Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.9% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	18 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '18 at 23:26
Run Duration	324 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^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 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 88 1-Core 115 2-Core 234 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 424 58% 431 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5171) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.9% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 113 Parallax 97.2 84% 104 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 94 Splatting 96.2 79% 96.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG6 256GB 4,588 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 144GB free Firmware: JURA SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 107 103 113 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 400 Write 136 Mixed 220 SusWrite 106 48% 216 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 70.4 4K Mixed 35 110% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 189 149% 214 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 109%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 666GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 95 96 96 96 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 110 Write 102 Mixed 78.3 SusWrite 95.6 71% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 76%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: MK7O SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 142 143 141 144 143 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 149 Write 149 Mixed 83.3 SusWrite 143 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 82%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2TB free Firmware: MJAO SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 112 116 119 121 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 86 Write 126 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 114 67% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 92%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: MK7O SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 126 126 126 138 141 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 130 Write 148 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 132 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 1302 1600 CL9 Series 1302 1600 CL10 Series 1302 1600 CL10 Series 32GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	59.5% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19.4 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 16.9 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 65%

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

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,397x
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	453x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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