Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	65.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '17 at 09:02
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 135 2-Core 264 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 716 76% 605 Pts	64-Core 716 44% 716 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4206 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 9582654 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 140642999076071 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 699 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 168 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 48 77312557087 (C2) HDA temperature 31 48 77312557087 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9582654 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9582654 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9582654 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1210 (EA) Unknown 0 0 997 (F1) Unknown 0 0 997 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1483 (F4) Unknown 99 99 3735582	65.9% Good	Read 503 Write 111 Mixed 152 55% 255 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 17.3 126% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 60.5 DQ Write 61 DQ Mixed 25.6 29% 49.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 16GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 158836845 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 523 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6676624 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 875 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 478 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 62 504889374 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 524 (C2) HDA temperature 30 16 68719476766 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 158836845 (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 94119913325392 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2789754433 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1827878719	87.9% Excellent	Read 158 Write 149 Mixed 19.3 78% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.3 96% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 112%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 5GB free Firmware: 1AC0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 94 94 2750 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2414 (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 98 98 9928 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2333 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 60 420610073 (C2) HDA temperature 73 57 454164507 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 96353 (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 100 100 63 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	32.1% Below average	Read 54.5 Write 56.8 Mixed 51.9 41% 54.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.41 107% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 27.8 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 27.6 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 46.8 85% 46.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 86%

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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	1,397x
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	453x
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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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