Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	36.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	23.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '24 at 23:24
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 89.1 1-Core 105 2-Core 207 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 402 54% 401 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% MSI(1462 8C98) 2GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 546.29 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Lighting 18.4 Reflection 18.8 Parallax 18.9 15% 18.7 fps	MRender 15.6 Gravity 19.3 Splatting 16.2 14% 17 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 313GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 214 295 259 266 305 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	36.3% Below average	Read 168 Write 98.4 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 271 35% 155 MB/s	4K Read 11.3 4K Write 19.4 4K Mixed 10.3 41% 13.7 MB/s	DQ Read 13.8 DQ Write 15.6 DQ Mixed 14.5 11% 14.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 102%
V Series Plus SATA SSD 1TB-1024GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 146GB free Firmware: SN14130 SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 346 412 413 407 362 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 430 Write 453 Mixed 411 SusWrite 398 96% 423 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 74.1 4K Mixed 40.4 139% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 278 205% 267 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.3% Poor	MC Read 8.9 MC Write 9.4 MC Mixed 8 25% 8.77 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 9.1 25% 8.77 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	23	3	60	21.5"	1280 720	ACR02EA G226HQL

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Gaming 42%

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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	1,404x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	545x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	457x
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	188x
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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16