Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (9th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 91 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 49.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Boot Drive	44.7% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '17 at 22:48
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing way below expectations (9^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 2.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	49.6% Average	Memory 75.3 1-Core 27.8 2-Core 58.2 38% 53.8 Pts	4-Core 130 8-Core 358 27% 244 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 257GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1840 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 447 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 21 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 48 223339282458 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1557261520 (F7) Unknown 100 100 48725718 (F8) Unknown 100 100 14423195 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1930 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	55.2% Above average	Read 462 Write 326 Mixed 338 83% 376 MB/s	4K Read 14.4 4K Write 18.1 4K Mixed 11.8 46% 14.8 MB/s	DQ Read 70.2 DQ Write 50.1 DQ Mixed 19.1 25% 46.4 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 99%
Intel 335 Series 240GB-$219 4,220 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: 335u Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -107915348271406 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2192 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 180 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 255315 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 255315 (F2) Unknown 100 100 361169 (F9) Unknown 100 100 7530	44.7% Average	Read 370 Write 234 Mixed 279 65% 294 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 28.4 4K Mixed 7.06 50% 17.6 MB/s	DQ Read 18.3 DQ Write 35.5 DQ Mixed 49.4 31% 34.4 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 92%
GB1000EAFJL 1TB 468 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 187GB free Firmware: HPGA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 52 48 173842340 (03) Spinup time 96 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1620 (05) Reallocated sector count 62 62 795 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 211436692151 (09) Power-on hours count 37 37 55598 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 572 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1229 (BC) Unknown 100 96 38655295501 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 56 555810849 (C2) HDA temperature 33 44 68719476769 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 21 173842340 (C4) Reallocation count 62 62 795 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 687 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 1 1 65535 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	36.1% Below average	Read 67.1 Write 58.4 Mixed 61.5 47% 62.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.43 106% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 59%
GB1000EAFJL 1TB 468 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 7GB free Firmware: HPGA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 77 63 56425340 (03) Spinup time 96 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1573 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 9090350901 (09) Power-on hours count 37 37 55381 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 558 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 53 538968096 (C2) HDA temperature 32 47 68719476768 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 20 56425340 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	32.3% Below average	Read 60 Write 52.3 Mixed 49.3 40% 53.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.39 93% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	54.9% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.1 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 3 SC Write 4 SC Mixed 4.1 11% 3.7 GB/s	Latency 89.7 45% 89.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 73%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	583x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	130x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	84x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	140x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	55x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	52x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	41x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	29x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	48x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	31x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	28x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $678

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $183	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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