Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	127% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	116% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '18 at 16:14
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1241 v3-$209 3,580 User benchmarks, average bench 75% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 242 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 660 72% 573 Pts	64-Core 660 41% 660 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 2471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 190 Parallax 173 143% 180 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 178 Splatting 126 116% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 153 153 153 151 151 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 487 Mixed 374 SusWrite 183 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 49 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 63.1 220% 78.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 356 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 115%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 75GB free Firmware: MU05 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,884 Write 5,860 Mixed 6,292 1,415% 6,345 MB/s	4K Read 545 4K Write 444 4K Mixed 490 1,689% 493 MB/s	DQ Read 1,062 DQ Write 814 DQ Mixed 918 692% 931 MB/s
Poor: 69% Great: 113%
XPG Gammix S11 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB 2,541 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 100GB free Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1009 842 1111 1117 563 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	280% Outstanding	Read 2,157 Write 1,102 Mixed 1,075 SusWrite 803 284% 1,284 MB/s	4K Read 72.2 4K Write 206 4K Mixed 101 348% 126 MB/s	DQ Read 812 DQ Write 829 DQ Mixed 645 533% 762 MB/s
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 280% Great: 258%
WD WD3000HLHX-01JJPV0 300GB 3,057 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 57GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 109 109 110 110 110 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 109 Write 102 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 109 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 79%
WD VelociRaptor 500GB-$62 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 61GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 151 136 135 131 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 130 Write 133 Mixed 52.4 SusWrite 140 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 113%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 64GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 75 75 73 73 75 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 84.4 Write 81.5 Mixed 49.4 SusWrite 74.1 53% 72.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 3,160 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2134 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	MC Read 29 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 25.2 80% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 27.6 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 47.5 84% 47.5 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 121%

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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	1,394x
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	219x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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