Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.2% 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	92.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '20 at 02:57
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 98 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 700 78% 615 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% ASRock(1849 1001) CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.2 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Lighting 98.2 Reflection 90.4 Parallax 142 80% 110 fps	MRender 88.5 Gravity 104 Splatting 126 89% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AXNS381E-256GM-B 256GB 1,628 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 207GB free (System drive) Firmware: 263j-HP SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 210 219 218 219 219 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 222 Mixed 216 SusWrite 216 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 43.1 165% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 114 119% 194 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 85%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 288GB free Firmware: 02.03E02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 104 104 104 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 102 Write 101 Mixed 66 SusWrite 104 68% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 599GB free Firmware: CC37 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 99 99 100 99 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 106 Write 100 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 98.5 67% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 68%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 92GB free Firmware: GM4OA5BA SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 65 67 66 66 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	37.9% Below average	Read 65.5 Write 69 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 66.3 44% 59.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 51%
CENTON 8GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 1001 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 15 15 15 15 14 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	8.64% Terrible	Read 28.5 Write 6.5 Mixed 7.5 SusWrite 14.3 16% 14.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 22% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.64% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 3,160 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 25 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 27.2 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 46.2 87% 46.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 121%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,401x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	543x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	454x
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	187x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	107x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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	103x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16