Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.49% 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	115% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140611
Uptime	13.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '18 at 00:34
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 131 2-Core 256 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 647 69% 550 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD FirePro W4100 1,020 User benchmarks, average bench 7% AMD(1002 2B1E) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.2601.0 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	7.49% Terrible	Lighting 8.67 Reflection 10.8 Parallax 11.6 7% 10.3 fps	MRender 9.52 Gravity 6.8 Splatting 13 8% 9.77 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.49% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 430 409 389 367 350 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 469 Mixed 359 SusWrite 398 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 49.9 174% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 354 267% 359 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 221GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 474 473 479 482 482 484 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 473 Mixed 367 SusWrite 479 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 48 173% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 346 264% 357 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.5% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 16 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 17.9 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 88%

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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 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	331x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16