Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	135% 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	104% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	21.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '19 at 17:14
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 258,479 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	1-Core 130 2-Core 234 87% 182 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 675 70% 550 Pts	64-Core 676 45% 676 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$808 401,281 User benchmarks, average bench 131% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 521 Reflection 498 Parallax 600 137% 540 fps	MRender 262 Gravity 523 Splatting 294 136% 360 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 146%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$60 224,064 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 305GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 296 304 304 308 306 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 432 Write 300 Mixed 313 SusWrite 304 76% 337 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 42.2 174% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 248 211% 310 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 131%
Mushkin ECO2 240GB-$109 215 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 57GB free Firmware: 606ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 170 153 158 160 158 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 341 Write 240 Mixed 277 SusWrite 160 57% 254 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 40.3 157% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 120 115% 176 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$50 128,766 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 898GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 164 165 163 163 164 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 127 Mixed 85 SusWrite 164 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 113%
Hitachi HUA722010CLA330 1TB-$30 3,116 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 830GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 135 136 135 137 137 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 136 Write 134 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 136 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 77%
Samsung Flash Drive FIT 128GB 1,934 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 120GB free, PID 1000, Samsung Fit Plus Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 42 44 44 44 44 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 11% Great: 103%
SanDisk Cruzer Dial 64GB 389 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 11GB free, PID 5599 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.3 4.3 3 0.3 6.7 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	9.46% Terrible	Read 34.8 Write 2.5 Mixed 15 SusWrite 3.1 14% 13.8 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.5 95% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.46% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 1,158 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	68.4% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 21.5 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 20.1 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 103%

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

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 52%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER - $258

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 258,479 samples	3,890x
Core i5-4690KIntel $101Bench 73%, 152,974 samples	2,188x
Core i7-4790Intel $325Bench 69%, 132,824 samples	611x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $399Bench 52%, 512,504 samples	1,837x
GTX 1070Nvidia $415Bench 78%, 677,712 samples	869x
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 103%, 554,017 samples	675x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $55Bench 105%, 518,957 samples	962x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $97Bench 113%, 414,632 samples	680x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $70Bench 55%, 209,618 samples	227x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 57,543 samples	398x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 61%, 23,009 samples	361x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 56%, 47,669 samples	313x

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Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $1,060

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $150	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $244	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
Intel Core i7-9700K $360	Nvidia RTX 2060 $324	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $230

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $58	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24