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 as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	101% 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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	17.7 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '22 at 17:14
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 87.7 1-Core 92.3 2-Core 194 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 381 50% 376 Pts	64-Core 374 23% 374 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% MSI(1462 2381) 1GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 11% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SKC2500M8250G 250GB 1,594 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: S7780101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 366 370 368 370 407 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 652 Write 326 Mixed 430 SusWrite 373 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 10.2 4K Mixed 15.5 94% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 725 DQ Write 388 DQ Mixed 469 372% 527 MB/s
Poor: 121% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 276%
XPG GAMMIX S50 Lite 512GB 945 User benchmarks, average bench 282% 250GB free Firmware: 82C9U72A SusWrite @10s intervals: 545 555 547 544 552 545 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 652 Write 593 Mixed 573 SusWrite 548 133% 591 MB/s	4K Read 53 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 78.5 238% 79.7 MB/s	DQ Read 775 DQ Write 698 DQ Mixed 810 587% 761 MB/s
Poor: 165% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 388%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 632GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 169 169 170 170 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 152 Mixed 84 SusWrite 169 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 108%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 326GB free Firmware: CR100-13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 61 61 61 61 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	Read 44.5 Write 63.1 Mixed 38.9 SusWrite 61.2 38% 51.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 125% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 44%
WD Blue 500GB (2007)-$80 10,362 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 263GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 47 47 47 47 47 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Read 76.7 Write 73.6 Mixed 54.7 SusWrite 46.9 47% 63 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown RMR5030ME68F9F1600 Kingston K531R8-HYA Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 20GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	55.4% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 17.2 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 55%

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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	1,398x
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	454x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16