Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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.
Boot Drive	174% 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, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '18 at 16:43
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 0.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 122 2-Core 243 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 457 62% 461 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 3500) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 174 Parallax 187 152% 183 fps	MRender 189 Gravity 160 Splatting 115 122% 154 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 398GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 416 338 591 584 580 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 712 Write 612 Mixed 631 SusWrite 476 136% 608 MB/s	4K Read 62.3 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 81.3 268% 91.4 MB/s	DQ Read 779 DQ Write 680 DQ Mixed 1,100 723% 853 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 340%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 103GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 192 145 181 170 164 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 367 Write 329 Mixed 315 SusWrite 175 66% 297 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 79.4 4K Mixed 51.2 169% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 164 136% 197 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 118%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 369GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 214 173 322 330 329 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 465 Mixed 461 SusWrite 262 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 64.7 218% 78.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 696GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 100 79 134 134 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 176 Write 159 Mixed 95.7 SusWrite 115 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.9 202% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 112%
Samsung FIT USB 3.0 32GB-$27 3,642 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 28GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 17 15 22 22 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	30.6% Below average	Read 142 Write 10.2 Mixed 12.2 SusWrite 18.4 40% 45.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 2.2 147% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62.5% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 19.8 62% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 19.3 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 63%

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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 (Wi-Fi ac)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	583x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	130x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	84x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	140x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	55x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	52x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	41x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	29x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	48x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	31x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	28x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $678

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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