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

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.9% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac)/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '18 at 23:42
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 0.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 97.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 186 81% 135 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 659 64% 528 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Sapphire(174B E324) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.3.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Lighting 78.2 Reflection 66 Parallax 99.4 64% 81.2 fps	MRender 65.5 Gravity 61.9 Splatting 80.4 58% 69.3 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8233 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1383 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 114 (AF) Unknown 100 100 4295164533 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 75 420479001 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 114 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 25 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1171593 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 75 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 121 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 95 95 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1171593 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1252085	94.9% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 284 Mixed 363 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 31.8 148% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 116 135% 236 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 95%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 100 (03) Spinup time 132 132 34386215316 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 55 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 330 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 55 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 56 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 266289414173 (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 200 200 0	73.9% Very good	Read 134 Write 123 Mixed 110 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 4.24 4K Mixed 0.54 171% 1.85 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 113%
WD Black 3TB (2012)-$205 1,332 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01L01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 150 144 11466 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5137 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15332 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2058 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 143 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4993 (C2) HDA temperature 125 89 27 (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	85.9% Excellent	Read 152 Write 147 Mixed 147 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.11 4K Mixed 0.64 166% 1.55 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 210 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 27.1 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 26.7 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 49.8 80% 49.8 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 89%

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Gaming 44%

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Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

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 $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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