Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.4% 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	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	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150304
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '21 at 14:55
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 266 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 664 69% 556 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 121 Parallax 108 92% 114 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 105 Splatting 94.1 82% 101 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 60 94 62 96 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 111 Write 81.1 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 80.4 65% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 83%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 498GB free Firmware: SD35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 83 99 101 102 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 101 Write 29.5 Mixed 53.6 SusWrite 97.9 52% 70.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 66%
WD My Book 1230 3TB 7,778 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 157GB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 118 145 151 151 151 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 100 Write 101 Mixed 79.1 SusWrite 144 147% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 116% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 59%
WD My Book 25EE 6TB 6,646 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 531GB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 133 163 160 162 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 137 Write 148 Mixed 102 SusWrite 157 186% 136 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 8.4 4K Mixed 0.8 377% 8.83 MB/s	DQ Read 0.4 DQ Write 8.6 DQ Mixed 0.5 311% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 2400 2OZ 2x8GB 712 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 27.4 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 25.6 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 47.3 84% 47.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 87%

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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	1,399x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	542x
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 $90Bench 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 $269	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 $45	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