Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 24%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 19%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics26.7% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
MotherboardAsus Z97-PRO GAMER  (all builds)
Memory13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20150521
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 14 '17 at 00:08
Run Duration159 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing above expectations (77th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
79.9% Very good
Memory 92.9
1-Core 115
2-Core 224
82% 144 Pts
4-Core 388
8-Core 389
52% 388 Pts
64-Core 432
27% 432 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 79.9%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203
Sapphire(174B E217) 2GB
CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.12.1
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
26.7% Poor
Lighting 31.7
Reflection 29.3
Parallax 31.9
26% 31 fps
MRender 29.8
Gravity 31.6
Splatting 39.9
28% 33.8 fps
Poor: 24%
This bench: 26.7%
Great: 28%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83
480GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1AJ1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
56.7% Above average
Read 105
Write 92.6
Mixed 109
77% 102 MB/s
4K Read 0.83
4K Write 2.49
4K Mixed 0.57
145% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 56.7%
Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83
296GB free
Firmware: 1AJ1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
65.4% Good
Read 86.6
Write 141
Mixed 123
88% 117 MB/s
4K Read 0.56
4K Write 2.95
4K Mixed 0.55
139% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 65.4%
Great: 75%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159
111GB free
Firmware: GM4O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
46.5% Average
Read 81.6
Write 80.4
Mixed 87.6
63% 83.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.53
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.28
83% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 26%
This bench: 46.5%
Great: 51%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
63.2% Good
MC Read 22.1
MC Write 23.1
MC Mixed 20.4
62% 21.9 GB/s
SC Read 16.8
SC Write 20.8
SC Mixed 19.9
55% 19.2 GB/s
Latency 62.2
64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 63.2%
Great: 76%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z97-PRO GAMER Builds (Compare 2,859 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
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Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $648
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