Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% 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	140% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	May 23 '18 at 13:42
Run Duration	258 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (49^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)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 97.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 248 91% 159 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 689 69% 563 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 207 Parallax 177 146% 188 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 177 Splatting 131 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 747 Write 633 Mixed 727 157% 702 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 39.4 181% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 471 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 180 193% 324 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 243%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 44GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18320 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3811 (B1) Unknown 97 97 35 (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 70 45 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 634 (F1) Unknown 99 99 54019870789	94.4% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 343 Mixed 346 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 76.7 4K Mixed 26.5 139% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 22.9 87% 196 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 126%
Seagate NAS HDD 3TB-$119 3,343 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 180684688 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8873 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 44256410 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13833 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2973 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 35 35 65 (BE) vendor-specific 71 50 521404445 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 209 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9534 (C2) HDA temperature 29 50 47244640285 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	76.2% Very good	Read 142 Write 124 Mixed 119 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.2 78% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 99%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1TB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 82 (03) Spinup time 127 127 51579322976 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4312 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 35 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 20569 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 302 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4313 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4313 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 240519348254 (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	69.8% Good	Read 122 Write 121 Mixed 116 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.23 104% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 92%
Seagate ST3320613AS 320GB-$30 12,971 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 141GB free Firmware: CC2F Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 214626995 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 18886 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 90 60 1233452540 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 46767 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 870 (0C) Power cycle count 96 37 5110 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 397 (BE) vendor-specific 75 46 538247193 (C2) HDA temperature 25 54 47244640281 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 18 214626995 (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 28759101054478 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3801083453 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3719649486	35.9% Below average	Read 67.3 Write 57.8 Mixed 61.3 47% 62.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.34 81% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 65%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 16GB-$8 10,486 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 14GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Read 127 Write 7.53 Mixed 12.9 39% 49.1 MB/s	4K Read 7.3 4K Write 0.16 4K Mixed 0.29 42% 2.58 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 4,979 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 27.5 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 26.7 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 47.5 84% 47.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 103%

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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