Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics81.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive163% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
Run History
MotherboardAsus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)  (all builds)
Memory8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20151027
Uptime0.6 Days
Run DateSep 10 '17 at 14:24
Run Duration157 Seconds
Run User AUT-User
Background CPU10%
Watch Gameplay: Vega-56 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (64th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 0.8 GHz
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
86.8% Excellent
Memory 96.6
1-Core 124
2-Core 245
88% 155 Pts
4-Core 416
8-Core 645
66% 530 Pts
64-Core 639
40% 639 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 86.8%
Great: 80%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170
CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.9.1
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
81.1% Excellent
Lighting 96.5
Reflection 82.9
Parallax 129
79% 103 fps
MRender 85.7
Gravity 98
Splatting 123
86% 102 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 81.1%
Great: 85%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15
Asus(1043 8534) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4578
Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
94GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
163% Outstanding
Read 730
Write 549
Mixed 574
137% 617 MB/s
4K Read 65.7
4K Write 168
4K Mixed 46
247% 93.1 MB/s
DQ Read 718
DQ Write 530
DQ Mixed 271
298% 506 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 163%
Great: 236%
Seagate ST310005 28AS 1TB
606GB free
Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
60.3% Good
Read 110
Write 100
Mixed 101
78% 104 MB/s
4K Read 0.68
4K Write 1.26
4K Mixed 0.51
108% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 18%
This bench: 60.3%
Great: 69%
WD Black 750GB (2008)-$140
117GB free
Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
48.1% Average
Read 93.2
Write 74
Mixed 76
61% 81.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.77
4K Write 2.17
4K Mixed 0.52
130% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 32%
This bench: 48.1%
Great: 65%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1932 MHz
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
69.4% Good
MC Read 24.7
MC Write 25.3
MC Mixed 21.3
68% 23.8 GB/s
SC Read 18
SC Write 22.3
SC Mixed 23
60% 21.1 GB/s
Latency 52
77% 52 ns
Poor: 41%
This bench: 69.4%
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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