Asus Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac)/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.5% 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 Drive	96.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac)/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	4.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '17 at 17:56
Run Duration	295 Seconds
Run User	USA-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 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 251 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 655 64% 526 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.5% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 110 Parallax 108 83% 107 fps	MRender 91.8 Gravity 95.9 Splatting 88.3 75% 92 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS2211 240GB-$90 1,866 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS221016 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1504 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 448 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 896 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1376326 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3790	96.3% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 435 Mixed 461 105% 473 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 13.6 125% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 13 90% 207 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 920GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 174 1766 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1975 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2587 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 936 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1912 (C2) HDA temperature 118 107 25 (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	89.2% Excellent	Read 153 Write 158 Mixed 148 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.22 4K Write 2.78 4K Mixed 0.35 141% 1.45 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 183GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 173 1750 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1931 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2588 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 929 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1873 (C2) HDA temperature 115 107 28 (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	64% Good	Read 119 Write 103 Mixed 102 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.28 104% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 109%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 51GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	22.6% Poor	Read 120 Write 11.1 Mixed 13.3 40% 48.2 MB/s	4K Read 11.3 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.03 44% 3.78 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 30%
Patriot Memory 32GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 13GB free, PID 3600 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	9.85% Terrible	Read 35.1 Write 11.8 Mixed 14.8 22% 20.5 MB/s	4K Read 8.91 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.71 58% 3.22 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 9.85% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5584-005.A00LF 2x4GB 8,083 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 16.8 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 17.1 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 59%

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Gaming 44%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 37%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac)/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	96x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	21x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	14x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	24x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	11x
RX 590AMD $200Bench 57%, 122,060 samples	11x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	7x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	13x
NMUD380D81-1600C 4x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 152 samples	11x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	8x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $591

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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