Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.5% 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	145% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151208
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '21 at 04:34
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	USA-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 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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 250 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 472 63% 474 Pts	64-Core 478 30% 478 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.8% 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: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 124 Parallax 110 87% 113 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 106 Splatting 97.9 83% 102 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.5% 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% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 495 500 519 513 517 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	145% Outstanding	Read 729 Write 555 Mixed 518 SusWrite 473 127% 569 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 55.5 197% 76.2 MB/s	DQ Read 611 DQ Write 540 DQ Mixed 492 392% 548 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 333%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 23GB free Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 173 191 181 188 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 411 Write 253 Mixed 283 SusWrite 173 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 45.8 176% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 152 144% 225 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 91%
TXB2C10960GG7SLT 960GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 160GB free Firmware: ZN1HMC99 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 218 209 219 220 229 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 337 Write 384 Mixed 273 SusWrite 205 68% 300 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 38.4 154% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 167 138% 203 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 83%
Intel 320 Series 300GB-$289 2,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 199GB free Firmware: 4PC10365 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 183 186 191 190 186 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 257 Write 218 Mixed 187 SusWrite 177 47% 210 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 43.1 4K Mixed 25.8 89% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 95.9 DQ Mixed 75.2 68% 104 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 54%
Jmicron Generic 120GB 286 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 28GB free Firmware: 0508 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 71 70 71 72 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 410 Write 76 Mixed 98.1 SusWrite 69 35% 163 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 38 4K Mixed 7.4 58% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 46.6 DQ Mixed 6.5 24% 55.3 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 65%
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154 24,344 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 377GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 102 102 101 102 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 99.1 Write 98.2 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 99.1 64% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 59%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1TB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 39 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	20.6% Poor	Read 38.8 Write 38.3 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 38.1 52% 37.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 102% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 1867, 1867, 1867, 1867 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 23.9 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 23.2 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 56 71% 56 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 74%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	75	34.1"	1280 720	GSM5AFB LG ULTRAWIDE

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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	1,401x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	543x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	454x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	221x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	181x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	187x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	107x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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	109x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16