Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	257% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	May 26 '17 at 00:15
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 86.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 261 88% 160 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 715 70% 575 Pts	64-Core 715 44% 715 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.4% Above average	Lighting 63.4 Reflection 68 Parallax 60.6 52% 64 fps	MRender 70.8 Gravity 60.5 Splatting 57.3 51% 62.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 238GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9953 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3784 (B1) Unknown 96 96 114 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 56 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 575 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21056404099
Poor: 68% Great: 116%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	257% Outstanding	Read 2,590 Write 1,221 Mixed 1,338 377% 1,717 MB/s	4K Read 57.4 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 44.1 213% 77.8 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 144 160% 274 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 257% Great: 236%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 18GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5155 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1850 (B1) Unknown 96 96 39 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 34 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 261 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11155438025	91.6% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 349 Mixed 342 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 71.9 4K Mixed 24.4 134% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 67.3 99% 189 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 108%
Toshiba MD04ACA500 5TB-$154 3,810 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th 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 8690 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1195 (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 97 97 1204 (0A) Spinup retry count 123 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 510 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 20 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 125 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1337 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 292058234908 (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 200 253 1 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 99 99 655 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 207 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	94.8% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 167 Mixed 151 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 4.33 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.34 257% 2.25 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 110%
Toshiba MD04ACA500 5TB-$154 3,810 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 8969 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3284 (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 93 93 3175 (0A) Spinup retry count 165 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2546 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1508 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 128 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3442 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 309238169635 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 94 94 2621 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 200 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	91.8% Outstanding	Read 143 Write 177 Mixed 151 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.25 102% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 110%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 877GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 138 104 6083 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8458 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12653 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4702 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 619 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 177 177 71993 (C2) HDA temperature 121 91 26 (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	57.8% Above average	Read 103 Write 98 Mixed 80.7 70% 94 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.34 98% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 57%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 533GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 163 2200 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2884 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5394 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2182 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 503 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2380 (C2) HDA temperature 117 99 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	78.3% Very good	Read 136 Write 137 Mixed 130 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.31 119% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 894 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (48^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.1 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.7 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 68%

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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 $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 $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 $40	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