Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87% 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	16 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '19 at 17:59
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 250 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 658 67% 542 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Zotac(19DA 2445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 121 Parallax 110 92% 114 fps	MRender 86.5 Gravity 108 Splatting 91.1 78% 95.1 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 178GB free Firmware: UG4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 3.4 125 4.8 174 16 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 393 Write 327 Mixed 208 SusWrite 98.9 57% 257 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 41.5 4K Mixed 16.9 73% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 91.7 DQ Mixed 41.9 48% 83.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 61%
WL1000GSA6472C 1TB 146 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 47 50 50 53 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	40% Below average	Read 84.5 Write 104 Mixed 85 SusWrite 54.4 61% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 102%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 423GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 76 77 77 79 79 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 87.5 Write 92.5 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 76.5 58% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 225GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 113 114 112 115 119 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 87.2 Write 92.8 Mixed 55.5 SusWrite 114 64% 87.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 19,207 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 19.1 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.7% 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	1,399x
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 $177	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