Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 83%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics107% 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 Drive171% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough 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.
MotherboardAsus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)  (all builds)
Memory29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20151027
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 03 '16 at 02:37
Run Duration83 Seconds
Run User BRA-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing above expectations (79th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 0.8 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
88% Excellent
Memory 96.7
1-Core 124
2-Core 244
88% 155 Pts
4-Core 427
8-Core 683
68% 555 Pts
64-Core 703
44% 703 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 88%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7270
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Lighting 140
Reflection 155
Parallax 143
114% 146 fps
MRender 117
Gravity 136
Splatting 112
99% 122 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 107%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB
713GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
171% Outstanding
Read 988
Write 941
Mixed 960
215% 963 MB/s
4K Read 42.7
4K Write 98.2
4K Mixed 52.2
184% 64.4 MB/s
DQ Read 396
DQ Write 392
DQ Mixed 27.8
122% 272 MB/s
Poor: 120%
This bench: 171%
Great: 445%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
87.8% Excellent
MC Read 32.6
MC Write 32.6
MC Mixed 28.1
89% 31.1 GB/s
SC Read 21.5
SC Write 24.8
SC Mixed 28.7
71% 25 GB/s
Latency 51.6
78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 87.8%
Great: 87%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac) Builds (Compare 983 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 43%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $678
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