Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 09 '17 at 23:14
Run Duration	270 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570S 11,172 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 85.8 1-Core 102 2-Core 196 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 374 49% 367 Pts	64-Core 364 22% 364 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Lighting 79.4 Reflection 77.2 Parallax 69.1 65% 75.3 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 72.2 Splatting 69.6 58% 71.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 220GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st 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 100 100 798 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 91 (64) Unknown 100 100 24768 (65) Unknown 100 100 42528 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 7 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1326 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 100 154620067870 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 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 (E9) Unknown 100 100 31 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7 (F1) Unknown 100 100 21 (F2) Unknown 100 100 22 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	62.1% Good	Read 481 Write 253 Mixed 213 69% 315 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 39.4 4K Mixed 9.53 74% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 22.7 50% 103 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 88%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 175GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 24 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 798 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 91 (64) Unknown 100 100 41088 (65) Unknown 100 100 50080 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 12 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1357 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 100 167504969758 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 24 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 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 24 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 64 (EA) Unknown 100 100 47 (F1) Unknown 100 100 52 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 24	65.1% Good	Read 485 Write 259 Mixed 245 72% 330 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 49.9 4K Mixed 9.24 81% 29.2 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 21.3 53% 112 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 88%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 97GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4182916 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 72919954754853 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 417 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 84 (B1) Unknown 0 0 198 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 44 1005025230876 (C2) HDA temperature 28 44 1005025230876 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4182916 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4182916 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4182916 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 17179869185 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8464 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1901 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1901 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4188	76.9% Very good	Read 460 Write 288 Mixed 295 77% 348 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 99.1 4K Mixed 15.9 117% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 52.8 71% 126 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 85%
Intel SSD Pro 1500 Series 180GB-$209 7,834 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: LH6i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -26731876449314 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 369 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 369 (B7) Unknown 100 100 12 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 29 49 64427720733 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 369 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 534358 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 10 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 534358 (F2) Unknown 100 100 59495 (F9) Unknown 100 100 35155	65.2% Good	Read 438 Write 134 Mixed 191 55% 254 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 93.5 4K Mixed 18.2 111% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 48.5 66% 120 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 82%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 67GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 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 18523430 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -81097572480370 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 349 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 25 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 56 1013615951899 (C2) HDA temperature 27 56 1013615951899 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 18523430 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 18523430 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 18523430 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8035 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2034 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2034 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2994	71.1% Very good	Read 480 Write 219 Mixed 279 72% 326 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 98.3 4K Mixed 13.7 110% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 60.3 74% 129 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 85%
HGST HTS721010A9 1TB 75 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 503GB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 113 Write 118 Mixed 59.2 120% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.19 64% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 52%
KINGSTON SV300S3 240GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 167% 216GB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 190 Mixed 163 232% 182 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 50 4K Mixed 10.4 2,130% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 22 DQ Write 55.3 DQ Mixed 10.7 2,328% 29.4 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 272%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-084.A00LF 2x8GB 1,260 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1648 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.7% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 19.2 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 20 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.7% 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	1,395x
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	452x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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