Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	122% 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	120% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150624
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '18 at 05:13
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$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 (100^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 129 2-Core 257 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 697 77% 606 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$270 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3721) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 160 Parallax 172 136% 166 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 143 Splatting 106 113% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 300 261 293 134 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 492 Mixed 390 SusWrite 264 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 64.9 216% 76.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 359 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 6GB free Firmware: DXT09B0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 481 Write 188 Mixed 156 60% 275 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 27 135% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 58.7 103% 207 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 85%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 220GB free Firmware: 3.AAC SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 85 87 84 87 87 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 99.7 Write 97.7 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 86 61% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 54%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 179 179 179 178 178 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 122 Write 120 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 178 81% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 364% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 0118 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 0118 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61.8% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.7 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 20.3 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 61%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO - $215

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	333x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	82x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	69x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	71x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	45x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	35x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	21x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	18x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 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	16x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $848

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16