Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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	37.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	34.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150817
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '17 at 22:21
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 115 2-Core 230 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 455 61% 457 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% EVGA(3842 2776) 2GB CLim: 1267 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Lighting 45.4 Reflection 41.2 Parallax 54.3 37% 47 fps	MRender 56.5 Gravity 52.4 Splatting 38.3 39% 49 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.1.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18326 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2088 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2133236 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 554 (AE) Unknown 100 100 516 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 26 223355011098 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1846 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1366 (F1) Unknown 100 100 44263020750 (F2) Unknown 100 100 44252243613	34.4% Below average	Read 438 Write 153 Mixed 200 58% 264 MB/s	4K Read 12.3 4K Write 0.24 4K Mixed 5.2 25% 5.91 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 56%
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB-$44 34,705 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 142GB free Firmware: 4.ADA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6563 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 296194475 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 36773 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1369 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 42 9563865124 (C2) HDA temperature 36 58 55834574884 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 83 55 238699359 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	53.8% Above average	Read 89.2 Write 98.5 Mixed 89.4 70% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.24 70% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.1% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 19 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 17.4 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 72%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac) Builds (Compare 983 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	583x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	130x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	84x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	140x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	55x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	52x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	41x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	29x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	48x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	31x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	28x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $678

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