Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	51.7% 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)
Boot Drive	80.2% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '16 at 22:35
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 127 2-Core 240 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 661 69% 556 Pts	64-Core 689 43% 689 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Lighting 64.5 Reflection 70.7 Parallax 60.8 53% 65.4 fps	MRender 70.4 Gravity 60.4 Splatting 54.9 50% 61.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 156GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 1434 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 916 (A5) Unknown 100 100 90223083871 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 51 (A8) Unknown 100 100 10 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 83 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 53 227634446373 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1387279679811 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1568 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7031 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5706 (F2) Unknown 253 253 10692 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	85% Excellent	Read 492 Write 330 Mixed 334 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 72.3 4K Mixed 21.9 118% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 51.5 88% 175 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 108%
PNY CS2211 240GB-$90 1,866 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS221016 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1238 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65539 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 288	80.2% Excellent	Read 515 Write 237 Mixed 453 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 14.1 116% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 60.9 105% 204 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 99 6009000 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1466 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7954652 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1389 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 886 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 53 521601055 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9956 (C2) HDA temperature 31 47 60129542175 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 12244951761474 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7669007671 (F2) Unknown 100 253 47477008030	77.2% Very good	Read 151 Write 118 Mixed 128 100% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.22 86% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 114%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 820GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 128 120 6575 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6019 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5407 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3907 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 22 22 536646 (C2) HDA temperature 115 95 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	42.1% Average	Read 79.6 Write 67.4 Mixed 69.3 54% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 0.35 4K Mixed 0.16 52% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2133 C9 1x8GB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	42.9% Average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 12.4 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 13 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 50.1 80% 50.1 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 45%

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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	1,399x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	542x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	293x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	454x
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 $94Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $37	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