Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.08% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1768 x 992 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '16 at 19:42
Run Duration	387 Seconds
Run User	BHR-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 104 2-Core 203 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 523 61% 475 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740 30,433 User benchmarks, average bench 7% EVGA(3842 2744) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	7.08% Terrible	Lighting 8.47 Reflection 8.65 Parallax 8.81 7% 8.64 fps	MRender 6.48 Gravity 9.1 Splatting 10.8 7% 8.79 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.08% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 702GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 134932152 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1478 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 87549373 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2458 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1467 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 60 555745313 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9925 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 73014444065 (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 121762322844039 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13278170301 (F2) Unknown 100 253 198640258900	94.3% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 159 Mixed 165 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.16 85% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 112%
Generic Mass Storage 67GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 61GB free, PID 9999 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	2.09% Terrible	Read 3.94 Write 3.55 Mixed 4.05 5% 3.85 MB/s	4K Read 0.17 4K Write 0.23 4K Mixed 0.1 12% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.09% Great: 4%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 20.3 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 63%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

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 $94Bench 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 $254	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 $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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16