Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.4% 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	93.5% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170405
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	May 26 '19 at 04:36
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 0.8 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 125 2-Core 224 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 474 64% 477 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5063 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8520) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.4% Below average	Lighting 45.8 Reflection 45.1 Parallax 39.5 37% 43.4 fps	MRender 41 Gravity 40.6 Splatting 36.2 32% 39.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8000 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$100 2,434 User benchmarks, average bench 143% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: C2.2.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 513 223 231 233 236 276 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 585 Mixed 512 SusWrite 285 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 33 126% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 464 DQ Mixed 420 316% 417 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 181%
WD Green 120GB (2018)-$59 69,933 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 66GB free Firmware: UE360000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 52 55 65 60 52 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 419 Write 99.5 Mixed 134 SusWrite 55.8 38% 177 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 28.7 4K Mixed 15.9 63% 20.9 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 78.4 DQ Mixed 37.4 44% 77.9 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 53%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 226GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 141 138 140 142 142 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 170 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 140 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 241% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 109%
Seagate SkyHawk 4TB (2016)-$95 7,966 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: CV11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 116 121 138 139 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 138 Write 129 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 126 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 4,979 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 29.3 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 26.2 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 103%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,394x
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	219x
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