Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	17.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	152% 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	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.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '19 at 11:05
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%
CPU Throttled	99%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5775C-$165 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 85% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 137 2-Core 254 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 722 80% 629 Pts	64-Core 716 44% 716 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 3FEB) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.15 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 19.9 Reflection 23 Parallax 18.7 16% 20.5 fps	MRender 28.5 Gravity 19.9 Splatting 26 20% 24.8 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Force MP510 2TB 131 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 698 704 699 709 710 710 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 658 Write 716 Mixed 682 SusWrite 705 156% 691 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 49.2 163% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 777 DQ Write 644 DQ Mixed 721 537% 714 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 286%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 471GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 413 411 414 415 416 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 420 Write 460 Mixed 321 SusWrite 413 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 43.3 155% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 179 155% 222 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 107%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 139 141 139 141 139 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Read 147 Write 130 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 138 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 211% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 4,979 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 20.2 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 20.2 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 103%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,425x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	554x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	299x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	468x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	223x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	183x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	193x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	108x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	74x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	129x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	110x
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 i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $234	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $90
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $406