Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '18 at 10:13
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 228 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 601 64% 513 Pts	64-Core 649 40% 649 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8546) CLim: 1602 MHz, MLim: 1902 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.5% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 119 Parallax 116 84% 113 fps	MRender 99.6 Gravity 98 Splatting 92 79% 96.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 PRO 128GB (TurboPC EX) 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 4,392 Write 68 Mixed 129 318% 1,530 MB/s	4K Read 670 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 9.7 1,029% 228 MB/s

Toshiba DT01ACA200 (TurboPC EX) 2TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 657GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 160 Write 155 Mixed 37.2 85% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 140% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 45% Great: 100%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 (TurboPC EX) 2TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 526GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 147 Write 155 Mixed 24.8 79% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 45% Great: 100%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 (TurboPC EX) 2TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 549GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 148 Write 142 Mixed 24.7 76% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 157% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 45% Great: 100%
BUFFALO HD-LXU3 USB Device (TurboPC EX) 4TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 138% 1.5TB free, PID 01f7 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 258 Write 136 Mixed 114 191% 169 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 27.2 4K Mixed 2.5 1,100% 17.9 MB/s	DQ Read 3.7 DQ Write 46.4 DQ Mixed 3.6 1,714% 17.9 MB/s
Poor: 69% Great: 193%
BUFFALO HD-PEU2 500GB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 26GB free, PID 0157 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	18.2% Very poor	Read 35.5 Write 34.3 Mixed 21 SusWrite 41 45% 33 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 66% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 19%
BUFFALO External HDD 1.5TB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 332GB free, PID 0108 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 36 35 37 37 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Read 39.5 Write 22.5 Mixed 35.3 SusWrite 37.7 45% 33.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 74% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.9% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 10.8 MC Mixed 9.2 29% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 11.1 SC Mixed 9.9 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,399x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	542x
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 $94Bench 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 $274	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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