Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	40.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '18 at 20:36
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 (93^rd percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 109 2-Core 216 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 416 55% 413 Pts	64-Core 413 26% 413 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1394) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.7% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 108 Parallax 97.4 84% 103 fps	MRender 90.9 Gravity 95.4 Splatting 84.4 73% 90.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 112GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6071 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 382 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 51 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 1 1 436316 (EB) Unknown 99 99 100 (F1) Unknown 99 99 436699375	111% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 401 Mixed 412 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 42.4 174% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 84.4 124% 234 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 115%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 10893390 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -110853105907240 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 362 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 46 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 47 73017524255 (C2) HDA temperature 31 47 73017524255 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10893390 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10893390 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10893390 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 38654705664 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9068 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6210 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6210 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5184 (F4) Unknown 98 98 6029393	40.1% Average	Read 217 Write 108 Mixed 153 35% 159 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 9.09 76% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 25.5 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 3.62 21% 45.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 73%
Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 1TB-$47 10,943 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 931GB free Firmware: GK0KA9CA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 24 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 98 98 60175942347 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 33369 (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 96 96 28675 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3567 (C0) Power-off retract count 72 72 34113 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 34113 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 326417776674 (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	47.1% Average	Read 79.8 Write 83.8 Mixed 82.4 62% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.51 129% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 46%
WD WD7500AAVS-00D7B0 750GB 1,285 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 174GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 138 132 8075 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2710 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20311 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2016 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2702 (C2) HDA temperature 120 97 30 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	33.9% Below average	Read 63.8 Write 54.1 Mixed 64.5 46% 60.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.24 79% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 6,123 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	49.2% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 14.9 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 14.7 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 61%

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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	1,403x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	543x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	295x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	455x
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	187x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	107x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 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 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16