Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	139% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	2.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '17 at 20:54
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 82.5 1-Core 96.4 2-Core 190 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 318 8-Core 459 49% 389 Pts	64-Core 491 30% 491 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 284C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.5% Poor	Lighting 32.1 Reflection 29.4 Parallax 36.4 26% 32.6 fps	MRender 40.7 Gravity 38.9 Splatting 32.7 30% 37.4 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 746 Write 595 Mixed 742 155% 694 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 46.4 188% 67.4 MB/s	DQ Read 445 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 169 174% 289 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 243%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 141 141 34385297832 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1126 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11259 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 83 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1128 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1128 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 219044773925 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	95.1% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 152 Mixed 168 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.21 105% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 108%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 100 204866656 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 378803 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1725 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 64 605945889 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 103079215137 (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 -73040213834051 (F1) Unknown 100 253 515481205 (F2) Unknown 100 253 212642140	94.9% Outstanding	Read 130 Write 200 Mixed 145 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 5.26 4K Mixed 0.84 219% 2.26 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 110%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 556GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 139 139 34385559984 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2295 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11646 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 141 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2297 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2297 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 223339741220 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	83.6% Excellent	Read 140 Write 151 Mixed 127 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.19 77% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600 C8 3x4GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.5% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 10 30% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 7.2 21% 7.33 GB/s	Latency 76 53% 76 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 45%

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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	1,399x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	543x
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 $90Bench 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 $269	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 $177	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