Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	168% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '19 at 14:47
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	54%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 106 2-Core 216 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 426 56% 421 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Nvidia(10DE 11C2) 3GB; gtx 1060 CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Lighting 66.7 Reflection 69 Parallax 59.1 54% 64.9 fps	MRender 69.6 Gravity 65.2 Splatting 68.3 56% 67.7 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG Gammix S11 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB 2,445 User benchmarks, average bench 208% 359GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 578 639 639 613 617 608 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	168% Outstanding	Read 622 Write 612 Mixed 618 SusWrite 616 139% 617 MB/s	4K Read 57.5 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 74.8 245% 83.1 MB/s	DQ Read 773 DQ Write 545 DQ Mixed 714 518% 677 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 310%
Transcend TS240GMTS820S 240GB 2,494 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 94GB free Firmware: R0123A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 383 92 45 44 11 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 461 Write 410 Mixed 349 SusWrite 155 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 15.8 99% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 82 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 21.9 70% 143 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 89%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$20 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 321GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 112 114 113 114 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 108 Write 108 Mixed 66 SusWrite 113 72% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 69%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 564GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 60 60 60 61 60 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	25.7% Poor	Read 49.8 Write 56.3 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 60.1 71% 51.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1373 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	52% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 15.6 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 15.9 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 62%

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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	1,406x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	547x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	458x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	107x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16