Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 86% 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	113% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '21 at 13:23
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 82.4 1-Core 122 2-Core 244 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 618 65% 522 Pts	64-Core 640 40% 640 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 868A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.4% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 106 Parallax 109 94% 110 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 99.3 Splatting 91 86% 108 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 312GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 321 329 320 337 343 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 451 Mixed 405 SusWrite 314 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 55.5 189% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 353 267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 129%
Kingston SA400S37960G 960GB 56,609 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 426GB free Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 264 277 118 38 59 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 230 Write 114 Mixed 329 SusWrite 158 47% 208 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 76.9 4K Mixed 41.4 147% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 236 199% 289 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 102%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 931GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 502 537 533 545 531 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 603 Write 507 Mixed 547 SusWrite 501 121% 540 MB/s	4K Read 61.5 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 86.2 277% 95.4 MB/s	DQ Read 770 DQ Write 613 DQ Mixed 966 648% 783 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 410%
SanDisk Cruzer Switch 16GB 3,032 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 9GB free, PID 5572 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.5 5.6 4.9 4.2 5 4.8 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Read 37.2 Write 5.2 Mixed 9.2 SusWrite 4.8 14% 14.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 2.4 141% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.7% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 9.1 MC Mixed 7.8 25% 8.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 8.7 25% 8.8 GB/s	Latency 76.1 52% 76.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 62%

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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 $300	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