Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


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 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	146% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '24 at 15:58
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

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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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 87 1-Core 114 2-Core 229 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 641 64% 524 Pts	64-Core 641 40% 641 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Nvidia(10DE 146B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.33 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	146% Outstanding	Lighting 212 Reflection 201 Parallax 189 173% 201 fps	MRender 189 Gravity 150 Splatting 133 126% 157 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 178 Write 121 Mixed 144 33% 148 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 30.7 114% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 87.2 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 93.6 73% 99.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 73%
Origin Inception M2 MLC800 SSD 512GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 45GB free Firmware: SBFM21.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 253 215 140 41 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 374 Write 378 Mixed 245 SusWrite 172 66% 292 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 80.1 4K Mixed 17.1 100% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 106 130% 225 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 93%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$90 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 72GB free Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 305 434 276 209 207 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 461 Mixed 438 SusWrite 290 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 90.3 4K Mixed 58 189% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 357 268% 357 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 137%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 733GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 152 151 151 151 152 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 147 Write 95.7 Mixed 28.8 SusWrite 152 76% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 17.8 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 18.6 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	70	58	144	23.8"	1280 720	ACR0526 XB241YU

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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 $94Bench 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