Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	131% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	133% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140611
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '18 at 10:41
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	3%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 272 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 720 74% 594 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 193 Parallax 181 149% 186 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 186 Splatting 124 118% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 489 490 489 488 486 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 618 Write 507 Mixed 427 SusWrite 485 114% 509 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 46.9 182% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 776 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 378 314% 468 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 243%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 157GB free Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 152 159 159 162 161 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 324 Write 261 Mixed 244 SusWrite 158 55% 247 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 67.6 4K Mixed 30.2 112% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 142 123% 184 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 91%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 76GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 312 267 198 197 191 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 450 Mixed 375 SusWrite 246 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 54.2 191% 69.1 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 160 165 170 171 173 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 134 Write 86.7 Mixed 74.5 SusWrite 165 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 114%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 561GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 89 89 88 90 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 91.2 Write 88.7 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 90.1 62% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 175% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 101%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 99 98 103 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 108 Write 93.8 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 101 67% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	61.9% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 19 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 20.7 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 63%

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Desktop 85%

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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 $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	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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Total price: $678

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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