Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.9%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	102% 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	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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141013
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '17 at 19:44
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-4790K-$336 95,186 User benchmarks - Average bench 88% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	86.9% Excellent	SC Int 122 SC Float 120 SC Mixed 120 97% 121 Pts	QC Int 410 QC Float 428 QC Mixed 429 96% 422 Pts	MC Int 614 MC Float 654 MC Mixed 645 96% 638 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$350 198,763 User benchmarks - Average bench 64% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	63% Good	Lighting 190 Reflection 178 Parallax 193 59% 187 fps	MRender 151 Gravity 180 Splatting 126 66% 153 fps
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 72%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 128GB-$95 744 User benchmarks - Average bench 85% 9GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11648 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 221 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 86 86 421 (AE) Unknown 100 100 46 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1036 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 52 206159282208 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 86 86 14 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 18452209615 (F7) Unknown 100 100 591317417 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1626697157	102% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 346 Mixed 366 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 35.1 153% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 23.2 98% 218 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 103%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$74 28,364 User benchmarks - Average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 5400 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 4191 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10414 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7696 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 211 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 179 179 65855 (C2) HDA temperature 120 104 27 (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	53.7% Above average	Read 97.8 Write 89.1 Mixed 90.5 70% 92.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.26 101% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 2,643 User benchmarks - Average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.5 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 16.5 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 63%

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Gaming 64%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER - $258

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $336Bench 88%, 95,186 samples	1,715x
Core i5-4690KIntel $235Bench 81%, 51,893 samples	1,027x
Core i7-4790Intel $308Bench 77%, 35,226 samples	239x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $350Bench 64%, 198,763 samples	962x
GTX 1070Nvidia $410Bench 100%, 166,352 samples	350x
GTX 960Nvidia $200Bench 41%, 90,112 samples	334x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $97Bench 95%, 156,440 samples	663x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $150Bench 97%, 101,328 samples	359x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $65Bench 47%, 79,067 samples	195x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperX $118Bench 58%, 19,147 samples	210x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsair $140Bench 61%, 8,174 samples	160x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperX $129Bench 54%, 11,514 samples	122x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $1,159

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-7700K $295	Nvidia GTX 1070 $410	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $97
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 $270	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $120
Intel Core i5-7600K $210	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $263	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $150

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $724	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $33
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $77	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $155	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $22
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB $56	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $141	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $20