Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	55.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit cores, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '17 at 00:16
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	94%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	55.4% Above average	Memory 74.2 1-Core 60.4 2-Core 131 53% 88.6 Pts	4-Core 198 8-Core 316 32% 257 Pts	64-Core 273 17% 273 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Lighting 78.1 Reflection 71.6 Parallax 69 64% 72.9 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 69.3 Splatting 74.6 59% 71.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 11824052 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 35991825945574 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1292 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 162 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 42 47247392796 (C2) HDA temperature 28 42 47247392796 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11824052 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11824052 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11824052 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 20756 (EA) Unknown 0 0 20435 (F1) Unknown 0 0 20435 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9021 (F4) Unknown 95 95 12058800	55.1% Above average	Read 429 Write 109 Mixed 168 51% 236 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 11.9 98% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 25.1 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 26.4 34% 56.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 73%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 536GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 121 121 12897288381 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2554 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6614 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1715 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2565 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2575 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 206159216670 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	97.9% Outstanding	Read 155 Write 187 Mixed 105 110% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.16 73% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 107%
SAMSUNG HD322HJ 320GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 101GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	21.5% Poor	Read 39.9 Write 42 Mixed 29 47% 37 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.4 86% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C10D3/8G 99U5474-016.A00LF 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	39.3% Below average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 13.1 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 10.3 SC Mixed 8.9 24% 8.33 GB/s	Latency 92 44% 92 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 57%

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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	1,399x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	543x
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 $269	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 $40	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