Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.5% 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	108% 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	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '19 at 20:18
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 238 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 694 71% 573 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.1% 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)	91.5% Outstanding	Lighting 111 Reflection 90.3 Parallax 159 90% 120 fps	MRender 88.8 Gravity 121 Splatting 127 94% 112 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 143 140 128 124 129 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 453 Mixed 398 SusWrite 170 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 60.6 198% 71.9 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 357 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
XPG SX950U 960GB 279 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 46GB free Firmware: Q0922FS SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 415 417 418 415 425 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 432 Mixed 387 SusWrite 415 96% 425 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 48.1 163% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 260 202% 274 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 472 Write 364 Mixed 282 83% 373 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 42.1 155% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 133 156% 271 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: 162 172 171 172 170 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 140 Mixed 68.7 SusWrite 170 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%
WD Elements 25A3 5TB 1,735 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 65GB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 106 106 106 106 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 105 Write 106 Mixed 89 SusWrite 106 138% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 123% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 46.3% 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: 26 99 85 96 92 49 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 237 Write 91 Mixed 44 SusWrite 74.5 123% 112 MB/s	4K Read 10.4 4K Write 7 4K Mixed 6.8 508% 8.07 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 74.6% 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 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.9 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	1.95% Terrible	Read 7.5 Write 1.3 Mixed 2.8 SusWrite 1.8 4% 3.35 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 7% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.95% 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)	61.7% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 19.1 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.7% 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