Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79% 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	51.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150521
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '19 at 12:06
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing below expectations (27^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 81.9 1-Core 97.2 2-Core 196 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 402 55% 410 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 871C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79% Very good	Lighting 98 Reflection 23.7 Parallax 49.6 80% 57.1 fps	MRender 96.2 Gravity 92.4 Splatting 94.8 77% 94.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 144 85 80 111 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 446 Write 446 Mixed 213 SusWrite 92.8 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 7.1 4K Write 61.7 4K Mixed 23.6 74% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 58.3 DQ Mixed 25.3 38% 73.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 178GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 97 97 93 95 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 187 Write 145 Mixed 90 SusWrite 95.4 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 112%
Intenso External USB 3.0 4TB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2.5TB free, PID 578e Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.8 9.6 9.6 9.6 9.5 9.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	13.6% Very poor	Read 13.5 Write 15.3 Mixed 15.5 SusWrite 9.4 18% 13.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.5 125% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 92%
Seagate Expansion 3TB 103 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 554GB free, PID 2322 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.8 7.4 7.4 4.8 8.5 8.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	6.78% Terrible	Read 18 Write 17.3 Mixed 18.5 SusWrite 7.4 20% 15.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.3 39% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 6.78% Great: 57%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 2TB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.4 6.8 7.8 5.3 7.8 5.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	7.25% Terrible	Read 16 Write 14.5 Mixed 10.8 SusWrite 6.8 16% 12 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.4 52% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 7.25% Great: 44%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 1,450 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 476GB free, PID 231a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.7 9.5 9.5 9.4 9.4 9.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 15.3 Write 19.8 Mixed 14.3 SusWrite 9.5 20% 14.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.5 153% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 49%
WD Elements 1.5TB 5,064 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 814GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 0.5 0% 0.5 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 10% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1373 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.2% Above average	MC Read 17 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 17.1 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 13.9 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 77.1 52% 77.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 63%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16