Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	68.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (80%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '19 at 14:40
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	80%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 94.9 1-Core 95.5 2-Core 177 73% 122 Pts	4-Core 283 8-Core 386 42% 334 Pts	64-Core 498 31% 498 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 120 Parallax 112 88% 113 fps	MRender 98.5 Gravity 101 Splatting 105 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 626GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 273 117 132 127 122 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 361 Write 383 Mixed 182 SusWrite 191 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 50.2 4K Mixed 29.3 103% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 285 198% 251 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 133%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 190 192 181 192 192 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Read 129 Write 176 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 188 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.6 195% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 113%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 138 147 148 145 149 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 146 Write 133 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 144 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 101%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 3TB 1,058 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1.5TB free, PID a0a4 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 151 158 156 155 157 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 152 Write 104 Mixed 77 SusWrite 156 160% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 74% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2133 C9 4x8GB 259 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.7% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 25 78% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 22.8 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 132%

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Typical Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac) Builds (Compare 980 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 (Wi-Fi ac)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	582x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	129x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	83x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	139x
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 $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	41x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	28x

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: $677

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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