Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	40.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '16 at 22:42
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 0.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 123 2-Core 244 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 648 70% 558 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro 4000 8,609 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Nvidia(10DE 0780) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4788 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 7% Great: 7%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4264 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580A 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 95 95 13332887 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 -124657130787172 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 122 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 75 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 38 55837065249 (C2) HDA temperature 33 38 55837065249 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13332887 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13332887 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13332887 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19900 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5971 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5971 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6646	40.7% Average	Read 369 Write 143 Mixed 156 49% 223 MB/s	4K Read 6.58 4K Write 33.3 4K Mixed 12.8 44% 17.5 MB/s	DQ Read 54.3 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 30.8 37% 63 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 85%
Toshiba External USB 3.0 2TB 111 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 4852 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 5598 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 17294 (0A) Spinup retry count 211 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 67 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 12310 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 197569413150 (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 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 363 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 187 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	42% Average	Read 92.4 Write 53.9 Mixed 53.1 50% 66.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.18 54% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 77%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 1TB 8,129 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 253GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 167 Mixed 204 140% 184 MB/s	4K Read 1.72 4K Write 2.73 4K Mixed 0.79 210% 1.75 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 108%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 165GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 2166 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3431 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 23032 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 218 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 92 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3338 (C2) HDA temperature 109 99 34 (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	82.3% Excellent	Read 133 Write 153 Mixed 157 112% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.34 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.24 128% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Xtreem-LV-2400 2x8GB 581 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 2472 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 28.9 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 27.6 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 46.9 85% 46.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 90%

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Typical Z97-PRO Builds (Compare 625 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 - $215

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	330x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	81x
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 $109Bench 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	15x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $872

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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