Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	44.3% 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	163% 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '19 at 19:31
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 120 2-Core 233 86% 149 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 618 64% 514 Pts	64-Core 609 38% 609 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2727 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	44.3% Average	Lighting 50 Reflection 57.7 Parallax 46.9 41% 51.5 fps	MRender 71.4 Gravity 50 Splatting 65.2 51% 62.2 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 312 310 311 309 314 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	163% Outstanding	Read 749 Write 656 Mixed 644 SusWrite 334 134% 596 MB/s	4K Read 60.6 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 76.9 256% 87.1 MB/s	DQ Read 787 DQ Write 681 DQ Mixed 913 636% 794 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 280%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 192GB free Firmware: 526ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 195 222 211 214 215 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 444 Write 236 Mixed 295 SusWrite 210 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 51.3 179% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 238 174% 226 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 94%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$81 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 356GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 426 419 431 420 395 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 467 Mixed 424 SusWrite 414 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 57 192% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 298 242% 343 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	69.6% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 22.1 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 21.1 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 72%

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

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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	132x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	86x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	141x
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 $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	41x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	29x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	49x
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: 61% - Good

Total price: $687

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16