Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	87.2% 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	108% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150422
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 06 '17 at 12:41
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Memory 51.3 1-Core 112 2-Core 238 69% 134 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 604 64% 508 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6676) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 110 Parallax 93.6 92% 105 fps	MRender 94.6 Gravity 99.2 Splatting 94.8 79% 96.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 295GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6288 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 136 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 56 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 77 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8869387148	108% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 393 Mixed 412 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 83.4 4K Mixed 47.5 170% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 115 128% 218 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 134%
Seagate ST31000524NS 1TB-$94 5,596 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 745GB free Firmware: SN12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 63 109713692 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3158 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 134261735 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 45749 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 128 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 85 85 15 (BE) vendor-specific 69 55 521797663 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 100 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3165 (C2) HDA temperature 31 45 60129542175 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 20 18 109713692 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	71% Very good	Read 127 Write 121 Mixed 116 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.54 129% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 75%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 447GB free Firmware: GM4OA52A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 139 (03) Spinup time 121 121 21495087429 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 776 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 131 131 29 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 31203 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 649 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1097 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1097 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 214749020193 (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 3	50.8% Above average	Read 86.3 Write 90.6 Mixed 89.4 67% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.49 118% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 51%
Seagate ST3320613AS 320GB-$30 12,971 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 275GB free Firmware: SD22 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 214518326 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1834 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 126326142 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13164 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 23 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1848 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 7 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 186 (BE) vendor-specific 70 62 505020446 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 25769803806 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 32 214518326 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	61.2% Good	Read 106 Write 107 Mixed 87.4 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.43 94% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 1x8GB 220 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	23% Poor	MC Read 8.1 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 7.6 23% 8.2 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 4.2 16% 5.53 GB/s	Latency 156 26% 156 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 43%

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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	1,401x
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	454x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	107x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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	103x

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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16