Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.2% 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	103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '19 at 15:38
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 131 2-Core 262 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 626 67% 532 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Gigabyte(1458 2308) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.3.2 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Lighting 112 Reflection 90.3 Parallax 161 91% 121 fps	MRender 89.3 Gravity 121 Splatting 128 94% 113 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 119 92 130 60 67 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 311 Mixed 376 SusWrite 134 71% 320 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 56.9 193% 70.8 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 357 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%
XPG SX950U 960GB 279 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 46GB free Firmware: Q0922FS SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 420 419 415 425 414 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 432 Mixed 386 SusWrite 416 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 47.8 164% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 260 195% 255 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 113%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 12GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 452 Write 373 Mixed 274 81% 366 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 37.7 150% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 131 155% 270 MB/s
Poor: 62% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 493GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 173 174 174 174 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 126 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 172 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%
WD Elements 25A3 5TB 1,735 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 68GB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 106 106 106 106 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 113 Write 107 Mixed 94.7 SusWrite 106 142% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 119% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 66%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 32GB-$28 4,213 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 10GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 71 83 102 75 65 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 234 Write 80 Mixed 36 SusWrite 67.8 113% 105 MB/s	4K Read 10.2 4K Write 6.5 4K Mixed 7.1 500% 7.93 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 93%
USB 2.0 Flash Disk 1GB 150 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 1GB free, PID 6025 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.7 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.9 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	1.92% Terrible	Read 7.3 Write 1.3 Mixed 2.7 SusWrite 1.8 4% 3.28 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 7% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.92% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 2x8GB 3,774 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	61.5% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.9 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 19.7 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 65%

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Typical Z97-PRO Builds (Compare 625 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	330x
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 $109Bench 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	15x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $872

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $15	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