Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.49% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	108% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '18 at 20:10
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 117 2-Core 224 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 610 60% 492 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 365B) 2GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.49% Terrible	Lighting 4.33 Reflection 5.08 Parallax 3.47 4% 4.29 fps	MRender 5.71 Gravity 4.23 Splatting 3.04 3% 4.33 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.49% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19938 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3823 (B1) Unknown 92 92 267 (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 71 56 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 774 (EB) Unknown 99 99 84 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24418287262	108% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 493 Mixed 499 112% 502 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 26.8 144% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 75.5 129% 253 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 547GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 227472109 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3251 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 373338971 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17711 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1570 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 90 42950394189 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 57 387317783 (C2) HDA temperature 23 43 42949672983 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 41 24 227472109 (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 121989956129903 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1249419712 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1545247035	44.8% Average	Read 89.6 Write 66.6 Mixed 71 57% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.33 79% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 434GB free Firmware: SD04 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 224082215 (03) Spinup time 94 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 9113 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 13008642801 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 24423 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 589 (0C) Power cycle count 95 37 5943 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065667 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 46 387252247 (C2) HDA temperature 23 54 34359738391 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 41 18 224082215 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	53.2% Above average	Read 92.9 Write 92.3 Mixed 81.8 67% 89 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.35 86% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 59%
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154 24,344 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 360GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 92 77 (03) Spinup time 93 93 3160 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 6572 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 33523 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 61 (0D) Soft read error rate 99 92 77 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 182 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 85 64 252641295 (C2) HDA temperature 84 64 269418512 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 459904 (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 100 100 3 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	59.6% Above average	Read 97.8 Write 110 Mixed 103 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.37 95% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 59%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 338GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 139 3841 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4624 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26368 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3861 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 75 54 420937753 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 142 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4506 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.4% Good	Read 105 Write 106 Mixed 112 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.49 116% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 255GB free Firmware: SD04 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 99 12980932 (03) Spinup time 96 88 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4628 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 55 55 1954410250345 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 21972 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 6 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 976 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 47 387252247 (C2) HDA temperature 23 53 30064771095 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 17 12980932 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	46% Average	Read 82.1 Write 78 Mixed 74.8 59% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.36 88% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM3X8GA2133C11Y4 2x8GB 666 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	49.9% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 16 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 80%

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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 $275	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