Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	72.7% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '17 at 10:15
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	MLT-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 96.9 1-Core 128 2-Core 258 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 500 64% 482 Pts	64-Core 480 30% 480 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.7% Above average	Lighting 66.3 Reflection 68 Parallax 58.8 54% 64.3 fps	MRender 71.5 Gravity 61.7 Splatting 54.4 50% 62.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4940 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1760 (B1) Unknown 97 97 35 (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 55 46 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 58 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25090261271	72.7% Very good	Read 491 Write 336 Mixed 351 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 50.5 4K Mixed 15.5 90% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 40.2 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 18.9 50% 98.8 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 118%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 87GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3842 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1544 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 64 48 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 16 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6865742805	88.1% Excellent	Read 497 Write 343 Mixed 354 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 60.2 4K Mixed 23.5 114% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 96.5 127% 233 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 126%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 173 7933 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2186 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3937 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1543 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9982 (C2) HDA temperature 113 102 39 (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	80% Excellent	Read 148 Write 131 Mixed 120 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.27 102% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 83%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 116GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 112 (03) Spinup time 122 122 38685376981 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5264 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 32 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 21263 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4494 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5896 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5896 (C2) HDA temperature 136 136 279173857324 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	51.2% Above average	Read 92 Write 86.3 Mixed 78 64% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.35 82% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 27 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 26.7 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 50.9 79% 50.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 85%

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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	1,398x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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