Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20.2% 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	103% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

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Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	22.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150521
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '17 at 14:42
Run Duration	314 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 250 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 597 64% 509 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 04D3) 2GB CLim: 1075 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.11.2 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	20.2% Poor	Lighting 24.7 Reflection 27.9 Parallax 30 20% 27.6 fps	MRender 23 Gravity 22.6 Splatting 27.3 20% 24.3 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11452 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1427 (B1) Unknown 98 98 28 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 59 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 30 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21083362107	103% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 398 Mixed 162 78% 355 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 35.4 156% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 111 126% 215 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 261GB free Firmware: CC3C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 87 0 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11296 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 34184772 (09) Power-on hours count 24 24 66925 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2814 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 4387 (BC) Unknown 100 98 12885098500 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 78 57 471138326 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 460 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12823 (C2) HDA temperature 22 43 51539607574 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 15 7 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 6670084220367 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4140698783 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1635308117	42.7% Average	Read 75.2 Write 73.7 Mixed 40.5 47% 63.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.74 4K Mixed 0.46 86% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 69%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 125GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 165 6400 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14117 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26342 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3291 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 496 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 150 150 150733 (C2) HDA temperature 125 107 25 (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	33% Below average	Read 56.3 Write 58.3 Mixed 30.1 36% 48.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.17 68% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 67%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 41GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 155 153 7208 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17996 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 38457 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4729 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 161 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 17986 (C2) HDA temperature 123 99 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	36.7% Below average	Read 59.6 Write 67.8 Mixed 60.4 47% 62.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.29 93% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 51%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 609GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	34.4% Below average	Read 86.9 Write 78.2 Mixed 51.3 89% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.15 59% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 49%
WD My Passport 083A 2TB 995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 339GB free, PID 083a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Read 51.4 Write 22 Mixed 39.2 44% 37.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.19 61% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 6,467 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	56.1% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 18.2 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 15.6 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 65%

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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	1,398x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	541x
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 $109Bench 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 $274	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 $184	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