Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '19 at 17:49
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

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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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 121 2-Core 240 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 632 66% 532 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 156 Parallax 137 115% 145 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 138 Splatting 114 100% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 373 Write 394 Mixed 285 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 32.3 144% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 32.1 91% 199 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 104%
Mushkin MKNSSDTR1TB-3DL 1TB 75 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 152GB free Firmware: Q1116A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.1 1.9 37 357 218 8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	33.5% Below average	Read 451 Write 391 Mixed 13.8 SusWrite 105 53% 240 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 6.9 4K Mixed 0.5 34% 9 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 93%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 124GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 266 266 267 276 295 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 318 Write 279 Mixed 291 SusWrite 274 66% 291 MB/s	4K Read 14.8 4K Write 20.4 4K Mixed 19.8 59% 18.3 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 28.3 60% 123 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18.7 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 19.1 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 63%

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Typical Z97-PRO Builds (Compare 626 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	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 $300	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 $45	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