Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.2% 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	70.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '17 at 06:23
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 97.8 1-Core 118 2-Core 230 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 596 61% 493 Pts	64-Core 606 38% 606 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.2% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 113 Parallax 102 86% 107 fps	MRender 92.1 Gravity 96.7 Splatting 89.1 76% 92.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 476GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 917 Write 435 Mixed 363 125% 572 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 20.3 106% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 45.6 92% 192 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 332%
Samsung MZNTD256HAGL-00000 256GB 1,302 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT23L6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11877 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 489 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 96 96 42 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 6240 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 35 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E9) Unknown 199 199 182441 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 80 (EC) Unknown 99 99 21 (ED) Unknown 99 99 42 (EE) Unknown 100 100 0	70.8% Very good	Read 494 Write 221 Mixed 250 70% 322 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 97.5 4K Mixed 13.8 113% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 29.5 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 13.6 41% 83.1 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 79%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2.5TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 34 (03) Spinup time 185 171 3733 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2072 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 33252 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1138 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 322 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1751 (C2) HDA temperature 112 87 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	79.1% Very good	Read 115 Write 161 Mixed 36.4 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 3.05 4K Mixed 0.41 120% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 76%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 201 136 8916 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1135 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20040 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 171 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 94 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1040 (C2) HDA temperature 115 103 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	73.8% Very good	Read 133 Write 124 Mixed 137 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.28 81% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB 651 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	83.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 26.8 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 27.1 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 46.9 85% 46.9 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 88%

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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 $109Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $872

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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