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 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.
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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	99.4% 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	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '17 at 20:18
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 275 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 760 78% 627 Pts	64-Core 762 47% 762 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780 4GB 988 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Gainward(10B0 1007) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1468 MHz, MLim: 1702 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.78 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 40% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1425 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 378 (B1) Unknown 99 99 19 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 58 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 41 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9482776993	99.4% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 418 Mixed 420 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 28.8 169% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 48.4 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 28.6 38% 66.4 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 124%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 127463464 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 212 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 4302511459 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 682 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 224 (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 71 63 504692765 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2564 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 51539607581 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 75668733821939 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4128588590 (F2) Unknown 100 253 160942587428	92.7% Outstanding	Read 213 Write 109 Mixed 127 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 5.26 4K Mixed 0.47 179% 2.14 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 110%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 415GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 94 90 2011 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2694 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4207 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1754 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 14 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 137 (C2) HDA temperature 64 51 210453856281 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 598 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 5 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 106499	54.4% Above average	Read 91.8 Write 97.4 Mixed 90.4 70% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.35 100% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0420 F3-1600C9-4GAO 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0420 F3-1600C9-4GAO 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1632, 1632, 1632, 1632 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.7 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 21.7 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 64%

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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	1,404x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	544x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	456x
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	188x
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	109x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	104x

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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 $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16