Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	68.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '18 at 19:12
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 123 2-Core 246 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 663 69% 555 Pts	64-Core 663 41% 663 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Lighting 80.5 Reflection 86.6 Parallax 76.3 66% 81.1 fps	MRender 80.4 Gravity 75 Splatting 68.1 60% 74.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 85GB free Firmware: 0309 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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19365 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 485 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 67 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 3728072900846 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 83 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	67.1% Good	Read 495 Write 191 Mixed 277 70% 321 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 6.98 108% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 4.48 37% 86.7 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 72%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7732 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 935 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 94 (AE) Unknown 100 100 13 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 49 219044380702 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 14371872030 (F7) Unknown 100 100 456210188 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1128604199	68.3% Good	Read 370 Write 334 Mixed 342 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 17.1 105% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 27.8 DQ Write 82.4 DQ Mixed 18.1 24% 42.8 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 97%
Corsair CSSD-V128GB2 128GB 221 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 37GB free Firmware: 2.1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 245 13 0 (0C) Power cycle count 218 3 0 (B8) Unknown 88 0 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 0 0 0 (C4) Reallocation count 0 0 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 0 0 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 10 164 68245 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 218 96 61485 (C8) Write error rate 173 189 1190 (C9) Soft read error rate 6 168 1173 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 128 202 299 (CB) Run out cancel 84 189 262 (CC) Soft ECC correction 0 0 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 136 19 0 (CE) Flying height 226 2 0 (CF) Spin high current 158 9 0 (D0) Spin buzz 237 5 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 70 0 0 (D3) Unknown 0 0 0 (D4) Unknown 0 0 0 (D5) Unknown 0 0 0	38.8% Below average	Read 231 Write 188 Mixed 172 44% 197 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 9.82 4K Mixed 6.28 59% 15.3 MB/s	DQ Read 64.8 DQ Write 9.9 DQ Mixed 6.74 13% 27.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	62.5% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.3 60% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 19.7 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 63%

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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	129x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	83x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	139x
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 $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