Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	18% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	130% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150624
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 31 '16 at 19:05
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 238 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 385 54% 401 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Asus(1043 84BB) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	18% Very poor	Lighting 22.9 Reflection 17.6 Parallax 22.5 19% 21 fps	MRender 26.2 Gravity 19 Splatting 17.5 17% 20.9 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 480GB-$70 1,835 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 336GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5586 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 127 (AB) Unknown 100 100 163989840 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 21 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5207 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9428 (F9) Unknown 100 100 172726400	100% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 438 Mixed 441 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 33.6 140% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 77.4 114% 209 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 101%
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1599 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 5728 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 125 (64) Unknown 100 100 3595520 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 54 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9502 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 100 236224643107 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1599 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 939 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 1599 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5281 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4784 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7286 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 2684	130% Outstanding	Read 1,138 Write 614 Mixed 704 180% 819 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 17.3 128% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 18 72% 159 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 159%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 28.9 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 23.5 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 86%

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

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO - $215

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	330x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	81x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	68x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	71x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	45x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	34x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	21x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	18x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	17x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	22x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	19x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	15x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $923

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 $46

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