Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	182% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151208
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '19 at 02:26
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 0.8 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 125 2-Core 247 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 474 63% 474 Pts	64-Core 479 30% 479 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 120 Parallax 108 91% 113 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 104 Splatting 95.5 81% 99.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$60 15,626 User benchmarks, average bench 216% 278GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 515 529 553 551 552 557 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	182% Outstanding	Read 735 Write 677 Mixed 639 SusWrite 543 146% 649 MB/s	4K Read 64.9 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 87.6 287% 99.1 MB/s	DQ Read 774 DQ Write 545 DQ Mixed 820 569% 713 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 182% Great: 333%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 36GB free Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 207 154 202 197 186 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 424 Write 242 Mixed 286 SusWrite 192 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 43.9 177% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 153 146% 228 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 91%
TXB2C10960GG7SLT 960GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 158GB free Firmware: ZN1HMC99 SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 226 241 232 234 240 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 265 Write 383 Mixed 213 SusWrite 233 62% 273 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 37.3 150% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 142 114% 161 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 83%
Intel 320 Series 300GB-$289 2,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 193GB free Firmware: 4PC10365 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 194 198 199 199 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 257 Write 216 Mixed 189 SusWrite 197 48% 215 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 43.3 4K Mixed 25.8 88% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 85.2 DQ Mixed 75.2 66% 99.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 54%
Jmicron Generic 120GB 286 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 108GB free Firmware: 0508 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 42 51 32 32 31 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 408 Write 77.5 Mixed 106 SusWrite 39.2 34% 157 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 37.3 4K Mixed 8.4 60% 21.7 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 34.4 DQ Mixed 9.1 25% 55.8 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 65%
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154 24,344 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 368GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 100 99 101 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 102 Write 48.2 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 100 56% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1867, 1867, 1867, 1867 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.4% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 24.2 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 23.2 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 82%

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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	1,396x
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	453x
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 $279	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