Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	99.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '18 at 15:44
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 227 86% 149 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 590 62% 499 Pts	64-Core 660 41% 660 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3686) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Lighting 82.9 Reflection 80.7 Parallax 78.8 68% 80.8 fps	MRender 77.9 Gravity 71.3 Splatting 63.8 57% 71 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 370GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 401 417 403 405 408 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 422 Write 450 Mixed 308 SusWrite 379 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 40.9 151% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 156 157% 249 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 105%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4TB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 186 177 182 182 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 189 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 178 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 332% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 109%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 163 163 163 162 162 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 156 Mixed 109 SusWrite 159 112% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 98%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 132 131 143 146 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 150 Write 145 Mixed 59 SusWrite 139 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.1 262% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 109%
623 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 25GB free, PID 5500 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 54 56 54 54 56 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 216 Write 52.8 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 51.8 91% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 13.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 1.6 124% 5.2 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G3D1869DE1TX0. 4x8GB 587 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	68.1% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 21.4 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 73%

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

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Typical Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac) Builds (Compare 981 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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