Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	77.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (79%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	19.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '18 at 18:56
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	79%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Memory 78.8 1-Core 81.5 2-Core 182 65% 114 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 480 50% 402 Pts	64-Core 641 40% 641 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 397GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 260 262 271 265 264 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 319 Write 324 Mixed 285 SusWrite 263 67% 298 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 57 4K Mixed 39.1 126% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 203 153% 206 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 134%
CT1000MX500SSD4 1TB 26,659 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 581GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 409 415 420 418 385 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 429 Mixed 386 SusWrite 403 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 51.2 164% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 295 241% 343 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 123%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 776GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 83 85 79 84 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	38% Below average	Read 51.3 Write 61 Mixed 29 SusWrite 81.2 41% 55.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.2 36% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 83%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 145 147 148 147 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Read 151 Write 142 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 146 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 207% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 87%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 122 122 120 126 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	61% Good	Read 88.8 Write 114 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 124 70% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.3 223% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 68%
Toshiba MK5059GSXP 500GB-$50 5,600 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 51GB free Firmware: GN001U SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 98 99 97 99 99 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 87.5 Write 92.7 Mixed 20 SusWrite 97.9 54% 74.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C7-8GTX Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 0420 F3-1600C7-8GTX Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.7% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 14.9 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 13.3 36% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 82.9 48% 82.9 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 59%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	132x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	87x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	141x
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 $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	41x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	29x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	49x
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: 61% - Good

Total price: $688

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16