Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	19.6% 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)
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (all builds)
Memory	11 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 15:30
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 (100^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 93.7 1-Core 100 2-Core 201 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 374 50% 375 Pts	64-Core 369 23% 369 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.2% 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)	19.6% Very poor	Lighting 21.6 Reflection 21.9 Parallax 24.2 18% 22.6 fps	MRender 33 Gravity 29.3 Splatting 25.4 24% 29.3 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 19.6% 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 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,003 Write 1487 Mixed 607 300% 1,366 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 51.4 184% 67.7 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 621 DQ Mixed 566 384% 451 MB/s
Poor: 142% 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 4,161 Write 3,607 Mixed 3,422 831% 3,730 MB/s	4K Read 309 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 176 763% 205 MB/s	DQ Read 982 DQ Write 772 DQ Mixed 777 608% 843 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: 132 134 136 136 137 134 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 130 Write 136 Mixed 75 SusWrite 135 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 86%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 123 126 125 125 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 146 Write 120 Mixed 75 SusWrite 124 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 88%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$105 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 134 133 135 135 135 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 156 Write 125 Mixed 95.2 SusWrite 134 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 99%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 89 89 91 90 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 111 Write 87.5 Mixed 59 SusWrite 89.7 64% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 67%
WDC WD64 00AAKS-00A7B0 640GB 456GB free, PID 0c15 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 39 39 39 40 39 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	20.6% Poor	Read 38.3 Write 35.3 Mixed 31.3 SusWrite 38.8 49% 35.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 108% 1.27 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 (51^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.2% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 22.7 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 22.3 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 70.2% 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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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $872

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 $182	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) $30	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