Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	48.6% 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	46.5% 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 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '17 at 20:04
Run Duration	668 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 120 2-Core 235 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 531 59% 466 Pts	64-Core 643 40% 643 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% EVGA(3842 1784) 3GB CLim: 1320 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Lighting 59 Reflection 54.1 Parallax 70.8 48% 61.3 fps	MRender 70.2 Gravity 64.9 Splatting 50.9 50% 62 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 12 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 53755810682067 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 325 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 6 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 104 (B7) Unknown 100 100 10 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 29 41 55837261853 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 104 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 154213 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 53 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 85 85 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 154213 (F2) Unknown 100 100 175363 (F9) Unknown 100 100 54325	46.5% Average	Read 331 Write 98.4 Mixed 134 41% 188 MB/s	4K Read 12.9 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 13.6 74% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 96.6 DQ Mixed 29.6 47% 90.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 79%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 135 135 34387526058 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 32 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 982 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 17 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 40 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 137440067613 (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	102% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 180 Mixed 167 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.2 104% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 316GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 163834320 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6950 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 58449110 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 24747 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1477 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 77 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 51 487850013 (C2) HDA temperature 29 49 51539607581 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 27 23 163834320 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 2598455240660 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3157858752 (F2) Unknown 100 253 37079948	55.4% Above average	Read 98.3 Write 94.8 Mixed 82.4 69% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.46 99% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 68%
Storejet Transcend 128GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 119GB free Firmware: 0 Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 13% Great: 24%
Generic Flash Disk 8GB 32,093 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 6GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	4.87% Terrible	Read 21.4 Write 1.62 Mixed 6.56 9% 9.87 MB/s	4K Read 5.93 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.004 22% 1.98 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.87% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2133C10-4GAB 0215 CMD8GX3M2B2133C9 0420 F3-2133C10-4GAB 0215 CMD8GX3M2B2133C9 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 1600, 2133, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 24.3 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 23 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 81%

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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 $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