Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	46% 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)
Boot Drive	276% 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.

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Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '18 at 00:03
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 105 2-Core 203 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 498 55% 435 Pts	64-Core 513 32% 513 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2975) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46% Average	Lighting 54.5 Reflection 63.2 Parallax 51.1 44% 56.3 fps	MRender 70.2 Gravity 54.5 Splatting 57.2 49% 60.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 300GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1283 662 659 657 664 666 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 2,369 Write 2,048 Mixed 1,427 SusWrite 765 369% 1,652 MB/s	4K Read 61.6 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 91.5 302% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 994 DQ Write 840 DQ Mixed 892 675% 909 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 233GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 295 296 296 296 295 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 489 Mixed 366 SusWrite 314 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 65.7 217% 79.3 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 280 220% 308 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 233GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 294 294 294 294 294 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 448 Mixed 361 SusWrite 313 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 63.4 206% 75.3 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 270 203% 271 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 155GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 64 65 64 65 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 88 Write 79.8 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 64.2 47% 64.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 112%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 549GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 72 72 74 75 72 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 98.8 Write 70 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 72.9 56% 75.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 10,150 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 19 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 63%

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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	129x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	83x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	139x
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 $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