Asus Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac)/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	4.02% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	86.9% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac)/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '18 at 07:27
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	68.8% Good	Memory 72.6 1-Core 94.8 2-Core 183 66% 117 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 517 54% 434 Pts	64-Core 507 31% 507 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.02% Terrible	Lighting 4.1 Reflection 7 Parallax 7.09 3% 6.06 fps	MRender 8.24 Gravity 2.53 Splatting 8.22 5% 6.33 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.02% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC480G1CS2754D117-514 480GB 1,168 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 341GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS211101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 396 399 390 407 384 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 401 Write 372 Mixed 284 SusWrite 394 82% 363 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 82.1 4K Mixed 28.6 113% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 195 170% 251 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 106%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 670GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 162 161 163 163 162 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 158 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 162 109% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 109%
Hitachi HUH721010ALE600 10TB 447 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 8.5TB free Firmware: LHGNT384 SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 246 241 243 247 239 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 229 Write 227 Mixed 90 SusWrite 243 144% 197 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.3 287% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 135%
Verbatim 16GB 751 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 14GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7 7.1 7.2 7 7.1 7.1 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	3.59% Terrible	Read 10 Write 3.8 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 7.1 8% 6.53 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 9% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.59% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLT8G3D1869DT1TX0. Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 1315 BLT8G3D1869DT1TX0. Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1867, 1600, 1867, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38.9% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 13.1 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 8.7 26% 9.27 GB/s	Latency 95.6 42% 95.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 48%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 44%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 37%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac)/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	97x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	21x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	14x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	25x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	11x
RX 590AMD $200Bench 57%, 122,060 samples	11x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	7x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	13x
NMUD380D81-1600C 4x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 152 samples	11x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	8x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $591

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	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