Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 130% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 96.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	134% 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.
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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '18 at 17:06
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 260 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 693 77% 606 Pts	64-Core 684 42% 684 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 189 Reflection 209 Parallax 184 154% 194 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 184 Splatting 131 121% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 616GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 907 503 409 382 380 382 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 78% Great: 126%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$159 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 931GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 619 609 553 636 641 641 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	186% Outstanding	Read 756 Write 634 Mixed 669 SusWrite 616 150% 669 MB/s	4K Read 64.3 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 84.2 275% 93.6 MB/s	DQ Read 781 DQ Write 680 DQ Mixed 945 650% 802 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 186% Great: 372%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 96GB free Firmware: X2316RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 363 357 420 423 422 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 423 Mixed 226 SusWrite 380 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 38.4 158% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 120 130% 220 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 99%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 97 93 100 101 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 102 Write 103 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 97.5 70% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 27.9 88% 31 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 28.3 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 45.6 88% 45.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 119%

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Typical Z97-PRO Builds (Compare 627 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	332x
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 $94Bench 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	16x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $857

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16