Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.03% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	93.6% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '16 at 02:59
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 89.5 1-Core 99.2 2-Core 198 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 392 53% 393 Pts	64-Core 383 24% 383 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7730 3,247 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Sapphire(174B E245) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.151.3 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	8.03% Terrible	Lighting 9.37 Reflection 12.2 Parallax 11 8% 10.8 fps	MRender 10.8 Gravity 7.87 Splatting 12.8 9% 10.5 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.03% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gamer 120MG100-A1 120GB 336 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4684 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1405 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 680 (A9) Unknown 100 100 7077901 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 1 1 4310564970 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1956 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 202 (C2) HDA temperature 60 60 257700003880 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 10 10 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 58207251200 (EA) Unknown 100 100 86225211264 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8233554185 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8001786079	93.6% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 390 Mixed 397 95% 428 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 92.8 4K Mixed 27.8 121% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 33.9 100% 214 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 105%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 48GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 189 174 1508 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2680 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7176 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1178 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 269 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2410 (C2) HDA temperature 110 98 33 (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	72.6% Very good	Read 138 Write 115 Mixed 124 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.2 85% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR3 1600 C11 2x4GB 2,884 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	56.7% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17.5 56% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 17 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 60%

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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	1,406x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	547x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	458x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	221x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	182x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	188x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	107x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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	104x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16