Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	132% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.6% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '18 at 11:05
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 262 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 709 73% 588 Pts	64-Core 702 43% 702 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3607) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 193 Parallax 178 152% 186 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 182 Splatting 124 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 1TB-$500 1,367 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 356GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^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 100 100 275 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2224 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 142 (A3) Unknown 100 100 57 (A4) Unknown 100 100 11752 (A5) Unknown 100 100 31 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 3 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 68554 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 142992 (F2) Unknown 100 100 436555 (F5) Unknown 100 100 188032	104% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 433 Mixed 470 106% 475 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 94.4 4K Mixed 39.3 147% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 73.7 108% 201 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9529 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3056 (B1) Unknown 96 96 44 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 56 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1299 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22470898075	93.6% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 351 Mixed 356 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 65 4K Mixed 26.7 135% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 84.5 113% 208 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 431GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 201361920 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2710 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 109356198 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9555 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2189 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 70 58 504037406 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 55 55 90396 (C2) HDA temperature 30 42 25769803806 (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 45341969750704 (F1) Unknown 100 253 49901907734 (F2) Unknown 100 253 71231258790	73.1% Very good	Read 124 Write 131 Mixed 151 103% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.25 73% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 7,967 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2176 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.1% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 12.7 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 14.6 42% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 79%

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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	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 $178	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