Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.8% 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	109% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	18.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '19 at 18:47
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 85.5 1-Core 87.9 2-Core 191 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 406 56% 413 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.8% Excellent	Lighting 99.6 Reflection 112 Parallax 104 81% 105 fps	MRender 96.9 Gravity 95.4 Splatting 101 80% 97.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 430GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 329 365 370 246 277 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 415 Write 435 Mixed 357 SusWrite 314 86% 380 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 55.9 184% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 351 263% 350 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 112GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 147 147 146 147 146 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 470 Mixed 353 SusWrite 166 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 28.4 159% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 177 183% 300 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 112 112 113 110 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 121 Write 101 Mixed 84.9 SusWrite 111 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 118 118 119 117 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Read 7.5 Write 17.2 Mixed 11 SusWrite 117 28% 38.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 17% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 0420 F3-12800CL8-4GBXM 1315 BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 0420 F3-12800CL8-4GBXM 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.4% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 16.1 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 14.8 SC Mixed 16 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 64%

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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	1,401x
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 $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	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 $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16