Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	132% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '21 at 17:48
Run Duration	317 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 99.2 2-Core 226 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 608 60% 492 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Gigabyte(1458 3FF9) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	132% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 180 Parallax 180 144% 179 fps	MRender 200 Gravity 160 Splatting 133 131% 164 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$73 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 39 41 41 41 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 57% Great: 91%
ST3500413AS 240GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 133GB free Firmware: UF360000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 116 113 112 96 118 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 455 Write 172 Mixed 270 SusWrite 114 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 44.4 4K Mixed 19.1 83% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 34.5 DQ Mixed 37.3 38% 63.5 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 699GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 109 113 112 113 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 110 Write 112 Mixed 60.7 SusWrite 112 72% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB 89 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1632, 1632, 1632 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17.3 56% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 17.6 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 58%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 67: 8R 6G 9B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
67%	43%	54	336	273	144	27"	2560 1440	BNQ7F45 BenQ XL2730Z

History: Score 38: 3R 6G 5B | Score 51: 7R 5G 1B | Score 63: 8R 6G 5B | Score 67: 8R 6G 9B

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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	1,403x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	543x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	455x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	221x
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	109x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	104x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16