Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	58% 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	86.4% 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	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	7.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '17 at 15:35
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 423 63% 460 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 36E1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1774 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58% Above average	Lighting 73.9 Reflection 72.1 Parallax 65 60% 70.3 fps	MRender 75.5 Gravity 67.1 Splatting 58 54% 66.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd 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 6840 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 985 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 699 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6488236 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C2) HDA temperature 72 53 201863987228 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 97 (E9) Unknown 100 100 21102 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12048 (F2) Unknown 100 100 12953 (F4) Unknown 100 100 99 (F5) Unknown 100 100 172 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6770176	86.4% Excellent	Read 511 Write 456 Mixed 507 110% 491 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 87.5 4K Mixed 14 104% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 31 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 11.8 60% 127 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 111%
Seagate ST3250820AS 250GB-$60 16,391 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 106GB free Firmware: 3.ADG Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 84 240935528 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 18666 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 845956219 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 33590 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2680 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 48 470941724 (C2) HDA temperature 28 52 34359738396 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 72 54 44533091 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 11 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 11 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 84 237 16	37.3% Below average	Read 64.5 Write 65.3 Mixed 62.5 48% 64.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.36 82% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 44%
Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB-$136 7,908 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 14GB free Firmware: SD15 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 86 19617724 (03) Spinup time 91 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5870 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 293007448814 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 31814 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 25 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1966 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 530 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 4817 (BE) vendor-specific 75 46 420479001 (C2) HDA temperature 25 54 8589934617 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 18 19617724 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	34.8% Below average	Read 68.9 Write 52.1 Mixed 48.5 42% 56.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.24 66% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 25.7 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 23.9 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 79%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,398x
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 $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