Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	11.7% 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	73.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (50%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 23 '16 at 17:40
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	50%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th 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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 135 2-Core 264 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 624 68% 537 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5770 37,602 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Sapphire(174B 1482) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	11.7% Very poor	Lighting 15.4 Reflection 11.2 Parallax 13.2 13% 13.3 fps	MRender 11.8 Gravity 11.6 Splatting 12.7 10% 12 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 91GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	73.4% Very good	Read 477 Write 227 Mixed 313 75% 339 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 16.3 115% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 38.3 65% 123 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 90%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 149GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 35GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 406 Write 189 Mixed 320 67% 305 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 19.6 4K Mixed 15.6 70% 20.4 MB/s	DQ Read 75.8 DQ Write 45.1 DQ Mixed 38.9 35% 53.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 64%
WD WD30EZRX-00DC0B0 3TB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 281GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 179 5825 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8885 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11969 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 972 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 279 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 121 121 238377 (C2) HDA temperature 122 106 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	72.1% Very good	Read 128 Write 123 Mixed 117 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.24 97% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 83%
WD WD15EARS-00MVWB0 1.5TB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 114GB free Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 165 160 6750 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8880 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18828 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1984 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 220 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 131 131 209444 (C2) HDA temperature 123 107 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	33.4% Below average	Read 59.1 Write 57.4 Mixed 55.8 43% 57.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.16 45% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x4GB 3,657 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.7% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 24.4 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 24.6 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 48.6 82% 48.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 83%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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 $94Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $857

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	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) $28	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