Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140414
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '17 at 06:43
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 120 2-Core 239 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 624 64% 516 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 0468) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	Lighting 62.4 Reflection 56.9 Parallax 74.8 51% 64.7 fps	MRender 55.6 Gravity 50 Splatting 70.9 49% 58.8 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Mushkin Chronos Deluxe 240GB-$181 1,826 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: 522ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4841389 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 -8864812474544 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 692 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 252 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 34 52 55837982754 (C2) HDA temperature 34 52 55837982754 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4841389 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4841389 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4841389 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14252 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11363 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11363 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7842
Poor: 55% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 812GB free Firmware: HP16 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 196 Mixed 181 139% 185 MB/s	4K Read 1.15 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.45 122% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%
Clikfree Backup Drive 500GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 431GB free, PID 0808 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Read 36.3 Write 35.9 Mixed 20 38% 30.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.31 71% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Dark-1600 Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 0423 Dark-1600 Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 16GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	62% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.7 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 20.8 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO - $215

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	331x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	81x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	68x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	71x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	45x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	34x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	21x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	18x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	17x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	22x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	19x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	16x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $857

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16