Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140611
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '15 at 14:48
Run Duration	342 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 116 2-Core 232 79% 174 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 457 60% 453 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 50% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8504) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5354 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.9% Good	Lighting 77.2 Reflection 81.4 Parallax 70.8 63% 76.5 fps	MRender 78.9 Gravity 69.4 Splatting 63.7 57% 70.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6e PCIe 128GB-$93 664 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.04 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^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 100 100 820 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 450 (B1) Unknown 100 100 37579 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 80 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 103228 (F2) Unknown 100 100 118374	72.1% Very good	Read 383 Write 285 Mixed 326 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 56.9 4K Mixed 27.9 110% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 43.6 57% 102 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 114%
Hitachi UltraStar 7K4000 2TB 3,101 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1.5TB free Firmware: MF6OAA70 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 79 (03) Spinup time 143 143 21504786847 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 416 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 26 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4202 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 414 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3596 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3596 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 163209281570 (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	83.1% Excellent	Read 154 Write 136 Mixed 144 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.34 99% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 91%
SanDisk 8GB 156 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 4GB free, PID 5576 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	9.78% Terrible	Read 21.4 Write 3.68 Mixed 5.99 10% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.05 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 1.12 110% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.78% Great: 11%

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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%

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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 $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	15x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $857

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