Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	20.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	115% 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 28 '18 at 15:19
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	69.9% Good	Memory 94.4 1-Core 94.9 2-Core 185 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 262 8-Core 280 36% 271 Pts	64-Core 208 13% 208 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 843B) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	20.3% Poor	Lighting 23 Reflection 21.3 Parallax 26.4 19% 23.5 fps	MRender 33 Gravity 28.7 Splatting 25 23% 28.9 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 175 172 169 167 166 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 1,321 Write 1,025 Mixed 408 SusWrite 218 164% 743 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 82.6 4K Mixed 35 128% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 48.9 DQ Write 385 DQ Mixed 60 93% 165 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 52GB free Firmware: EMT0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,907 Write 2,705 Mixed 2,565 608% 2,726 MB/s	4K Read 178 4K Write 98 4K Mixed 93.3 441% 123 MB/s	DQ Read 712 DQ Write 445 DQ Mixed 532 409% 563 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 136 135 136 130 56 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 147 Write 133 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 119 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 86%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$90 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 121 125 124 123 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 137 Write 120 Mixed 85.8 SusWrite 122 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 88%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$105 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 133 134 133 135 136 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 137 Write 142 Mixed 88.7 SusWrite 133 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 99%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 88 89 89 90 90 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Read 98.5 Write 95.3 Mixed 66.2 SusWrite 88.8 64% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 67%
WDC WD64 00AAKS-00A7B0 640GB 456GB free, PID 0c15 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 37 38 38 37 37 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	18.7% Very poor	Read 36.3 Write 36.2 Mixed 31.2 SusWrite 37 48% 35.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 91% 1.07 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 5,522 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1923 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52% Above average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 16.4 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 17.2 41% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 91%

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Typical Z97-PRO Builds (Compare 625 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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