Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	46.6% 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	44% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	May 08 '17 at 14:56
Run Duration	340 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 122 2-Core 243 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 469 63% 470 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1288 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.6% Average	Lighting 56.5 Reflection 66.3 Parallax 78.1 46% 67 fps	MRender 65.2 Gravity 56.3 Splatting 54.4 48% 58.6 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ST3000DM001-1ER166 256GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 238GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 12 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19601 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 311 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 19 (AE) Unknown 100 100 246 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 51 210454839328 (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 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5986934983 (F7) Unknown 100 100 187910527 (F8) Unknown 100 100 53116621	92.2% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 329 Mixed 386 90% 407 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 33.2 139% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 18.7 70% 151 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 92%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0309 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th 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 34858 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 963 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 46 46 1625 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 -154148950 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 75 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 81 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 47 47 53 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	44% Average	Read 481 Write 188 Mixed 273 69% 314 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 12.6 4K Mixed 6.62 44% 12.7 MB/s	DQ Read 21.9 DQ Write 12.1 DQ Mixed 3.7 6% 12.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 72467936 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7551 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9949519 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20747 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 312 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 90195755032 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 58 471334939 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 91 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 29186 (C2) HDA temperature 27 42 73014444059 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 100528004536583 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9129996212 (F2) Unknown 100 253 28922359439	77.9% Very good	Read 168 Write 103 Mixed 163 110% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.17 68% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 113%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 109 Write 103 Mixed 105 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.21 103% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 689GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 157 6475 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6226 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 45 45 40305 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 960 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1972 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 163 163 112572 (C2) HDA temperature 124 98 26 (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	44.2% Average	Read 75.3 Write 78.6 Mixed 72.4 57% 75.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.25 83% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 67%
WD WD50 00KS-00MNB0 500GB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 449GB free Firmware: 07.0 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 66.3 Write 64 Mixed 63.4 49% 64.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.4 110% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 40%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 372GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 177 172 8125 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11035 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 1 1 78625 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2419 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 948 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11085 (C2) HDA temperature 123 104 29 (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	37% Below average	Read 69.2 Write 59.5 Mixed 64.7 49% 64.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.32 94% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 51%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$72 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 235GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 178 178 18955259 (03) Spinup time 115 106 7233 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7045 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 14 14 63151 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1897 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 571 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 39 39 483756 (C2) HDA temperature 122 102 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 192 192 1448 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 193 193 1183 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 1 1 180833	24.7% Poor	Read 10.8 Write 75 Mixed 61.1 37% 49 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.31 70% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 57%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$72 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 60GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 111 105 7425 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4698 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 29 29 52032 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1655 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 528 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4169 (C2) HDA temperature 118 101 29 (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	49.2% Average	Read 83.7 Write 87.7 Mixed 66 59% 79.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.26 76% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.8% Poor	MC Read 9.6 MC Write 9.9 MC Mixed 8.4 27% 9.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 8.2 25% 8.8 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 62%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO - $215

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	332x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	82x
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 $94Bench 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	16x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $857

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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