Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 62%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 52%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics76.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z97-PRO GAMER  (all builds)
Memory7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150407
Uptime2.2 Days
Run DateJul 11 '18 at 09:41
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing as expected (40th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
85.1% Excellent
Memory 89.3
1-Core 122
2-Core 238
84% 150 Pts
4-Core 436
8-Core 646
67% 541 Pts
64-Core 656
41% 656 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 85.1%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11
Performing below potential (36th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
76.2% Very good
Lighting 98
Reflection 102
Parallax 97.7
80% 99.4 fps
MRender 85.5
Gravity 88.1
Splatting 80.5
69% 84.7 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 76.2%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60
626GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 36 37 46 50 49 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
39.8% Below average
Read 96.3
Write 87.3
Mixed 53.3
SusWrite 42
51% 69.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 39.8%
Great: 83%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB
456GB free, PID b207
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 82 81 82 81 82 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
35.1% Below average
Read 80.7
Write 83.3
Mixed 31
SusWrite 81.5
92% 69.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 35.1%
Great: 51%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (33rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
50.6% Above average
MC Read 17.7
MC Write 18.2
MC Mixed 15.2
49% 17 GB/s
SC Read 14.1
SC Write 18.5
SC Mixed 16.4
47% 16.3 GB/s
Latency 68.1
59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 43%
This bench: 50.6%
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 2,858 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

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