Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 8 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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150521
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '20 at 06:55
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 90.8 2-Core 184 74% 124 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 378 51% 382 Pts	64-Core 371 23% 371 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.9% Above average	Lighting 62.3 Reflection 71 Parallax 63.6 51% 65.6 fps	MRender 69.6 Gravity 63.3 Splatting 56.9 51% 63.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,250 Write 5,870 Mixed 1,013 964% 4,378 MB/s	4K Read 758 4K Write 452 4K Mixed 255 1,714% 488 MB/s	DQ Read 1,877 DQ Write 1,451 DQ Mixed 1,633 1,230% 1,654 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 14GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 87 87 86 89 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 153 Write 81.8 Mixed 96.3 SusWrite 86.4 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 83%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$137 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 7GB free Firmware: AR15 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 110 Write 159 Mixed 71.5 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 13.9 4K Mixed 1.1 413% 5.27 MB/s	DQ Read 2.1 DQ Write 12.6 DQ Mixed 3.4 43% 6.03 MB/s
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 32GB-$28 4,213 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 9GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.5 5.3 4.6 2.3 5.6 5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	23.7% Poor	Read 138 Write 8.8 Mixed 6.8 SusWrite 5 31% 39.7 MB/s	4K Read 9.7 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 3.9 172% 4.57 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 5,533 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 35 MC Mixed 29.8 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 23.4 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 87%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z97-PRO GAMER Builds (Compare 2,858 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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