Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	133% 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.
Boot Drive	115% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '18 at 10:54
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1241 v3-$209 3,580 User benchmarks, average bench 75% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 97.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 232 87% 151 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 657 64% 522 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 2471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2802 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 188 Reflection 202 Parallax 200 153% 196 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 180 Splatting 127 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 152 152 152 152 153 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 487 Mixed 399 SusWrite 186 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 61.6 217% 77.4 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 354 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 115%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 91GB free Firmware: MU04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 269 268 260 257 259 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 425 Write 385 Mixed 260 SusWrite 265 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 62.9 4K Mixed 36.6 124% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 63 DQ Mixed 84.4 68% 97.2 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 113%
XPG Gammix S11 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB 2,541 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 165GB free Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1085 1076 1092 1094 1110 1110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	293% Outstanding	Read 2,140 Write 1,102 Mixed 1,064 SusWrite 1,094 300% 1,350 MB/s	4K Read 70.7 4K Write 192 4K Mixed 96.3 332% 120 MB/s	DQ Read 815 DQ Write 895 DQ Mixed 638 540% 783 MB/s
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 293% Great: 258%
WD WD3000HLHX-01JJPV0 300GB 3,057 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 56GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 90 89 89 88 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 116 Write 117 Mixed 85 SusWrite 89.2 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.3 256% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 79%
WD VelociRaptor 500GB-$62 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 69GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 149 129 129 139 140 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	78% Very good	Read 133 Write 133 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 139 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.8 171% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 113%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 42GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 43 44 45 45 45 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 83.5 Write 77.8 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 44.4 47% 64.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 3,160 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2134 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 24.8 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 24.4 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 48.8 82% 48.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 121%

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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	1,396x
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	453x
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 $279	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 $184	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