Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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.
Boot Drive	84.7% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '16 at 07:25
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 97 1-Core 87.1 2-Core 224 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 539 56% 451 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4331 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 223GB free Firmware: 0C4005T2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (64) Unknown 100 100 134400 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9502 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 39 100 167505166375 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	111% Outstanding	Read 655 Write 657 Mixed 699 150% 670 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 76.7 4K Mixed 15.7 108% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 17.9 96% 219 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 159%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 223GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5281921 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -18863496359571 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 420 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 156 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 31 77311442973 (C2) HDA temperature 29 31 77311442973 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5281921 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5281921 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5281921 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7093 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2269 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2269 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1350	85.7% Excellent	Read 496 Write 233 Mixed 275 74% 335 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 25.5 138% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 85.6 108% 192 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 94%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 22961786 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 17 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 83511344111069 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 426 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 129 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 13438 (BD) vendor-specific 29 32 68721573917 (C2) HDA temperature 29 32 68721573917 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 22961786 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 17 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 22961786 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 22961786 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13065 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4210 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4210 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2686	84.7% Excellent	Read 490 Write 253 Mixed 294 76% 346 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 20.8 132% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 84.6 109% 196 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 208635216 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4566 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 8633256865 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18746 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1188 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 61 150879272993 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 259 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 25 25 151624 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 -140737488355295 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 23 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 49009871822049 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6855018952 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10118683950	65.9% Good	Read 127 Write 104 Mixed 94.3 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 0.77 4K Mixed 0.22 54% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 114%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 937GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 173 5791 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5801 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17735 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1164 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 217 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5583 (C2) HDA temperature 122 110 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	62.5% Good	Read 115 Write 103 Mixed 110 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.25 91% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 307GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 176 5658 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5597 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17711 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1163 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 214 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5382 (C2) HDA temperature 120 111 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	47.1% Average	Read 86.5 Write 77.6 Mixed 79.1 61% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.16 66% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2666 C12 4x8GB 177 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	69.3% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 22.1 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 22.2 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 50.4 79% 50.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 114%

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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	1,398x
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	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 $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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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