Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.6% 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	84.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150521
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '16 at 14:30
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 116 2-Core 244 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 456 60% 451 Pts	64-Core 478 30% 478 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.1001 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	Lighting 46.1 Reflection 51.3 Parallax 57.5 38% 51.6 fps	MRender 49.7 Gravity 40.2 Splatting 39.3 35% 43.1 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSNF128GCSS 128GB 2,061 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: FSPAN102 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 833 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6083 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 194 194 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C2) HDA temperature 72 50 219043135516 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	84.4% Excellent	Read 495 Write 452 Mixed 490 107% 479 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 44.9 4K Mixed 16.5 77% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 173 170% 271 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 90%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 100 233077720 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 227 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 496595 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 440 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 227 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 5 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 62 521994271 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2218 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 73014444063 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -128282083196618 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5609789698 (F2) Unknown 100 253 141072933	75% Very good	Read 129 Write 132 Mixed 130 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.22 85% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 917GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 47112312 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1064 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 4588940035 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15078 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1015 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 61 61 39 (BC) Unknown 100 99 196619 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 2537 (BE) vendor-specific 68 42 77848248352 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 24604 (C2) HDA temperature 32 58 -140737488355296 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 1 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 1 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -118347823826695 (F1) Unknown 100 253 32562625396197 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -114165748380912	91% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 157 Mixed 135 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.32 94% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333 C9 4x4GB 1,560 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1360 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	55% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 16.9 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 17.1 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 54%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,395x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	541x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	293x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	452x
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 $109Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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