Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.9% 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	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.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '16 at 09:06
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th 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)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 226 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 455 60% 450 Pts	64-Core 457 28% 457 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6191 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.7% Good	Lighting 81.8 Reflection 87.5 Parallax 76.9 67% 82.1 fps	MRender 83 Gravity 74 Splatting 69.2 61% 75.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3506 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 472 (B1) Unknown 98 98 23 (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 58 54 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 10 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10547450958	95.9% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 398 Mixed 394 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 24.9 154% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 42.6 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 24.1 57% 111 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 797GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 2308 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1899 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5502 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 730 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 416 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1482 (C2) HDA temperature 106 96 37 (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	97.4% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 179 Mixed 108 111% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.28 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.28 127% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 109%
WD Green 750GB (2009)-$224 5,100 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 448GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 199 1357 (03) Spinup time 157 153 7116 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5659 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18304 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2221 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 138 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5630 (C2) HDA temperature 114 96 36 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	45.9% Average	Read 89.6 Write 69.8 Mixed 77.7 60% 79 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.27 101% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 58%
Toshiba MQ02ABF100 1TB-$55 6,063 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 190GB free Firmware: DS00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1700 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 4485 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 282 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 127 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 82 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 46351 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 184684642340 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 55215890 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 400336193 (F0) Head flying hours 90 90 4243 (F1) Unknown 100 100 63888624872 (F2) Unknown 100 100 17818937838 (FE) Unknown 100 100 11	40.6% Average	Read 72.8 Write 68.7 Mixed 81.2 56% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.12 56% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 61%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 107GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 6033 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11884 (05) Reallocated sector count 198 198 13 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23869 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4595 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 80 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 302624 (C2) HDA temperature 109 94 41 (C4) Reallocation count 187 187 13 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 193 15 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 198 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 1 0	45.6% Average	Read 84.6 Write 73.9 Mixed 75.4 59% 78 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.28 85% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 595 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 23.4 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 22.4 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 70%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO - $215

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	330x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	81x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	68x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	71x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	45x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	34x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	21x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	18x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	17x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	22x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	19x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	15x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $872

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