Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27.8% 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	163% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '21 at 05:16
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 103 2-Core 223 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 623 62% 504 Pts	64-Core 618 38% 618 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% Asus(1043 841B) 2GB CLim: 1267 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.8% Poor	Lighting 31.2 Reflection 33.3 Parallax 42.9 25% 35.8 fps	MRender 46.4 Gravity 39.6 Splatting 35.3 32% 40.4 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 92,081 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 368GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 593 585 577 583 582 583 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	163% Outstanding	Read 598 Write 580 Mixed 599 SusWrite 584 133% 590 MB/s	4K Read 53.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 71.2 232% 79.3 MB/s	DQ Read 769 DQ Write 632 DQ Mixed 799 571% 733 MB/s
Poor: 144% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 295%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 590GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 92 93 93 92 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 85.7 Write 64.7 Mixed 52 SusWrite 90.6 54% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 171GB free Firmware: CC57 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 131 131 132 132 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 134 Write 108 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 132 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1923 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	67.9% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.5 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 20.5 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 85%

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

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Gaming 42%

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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