Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.9% 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	70.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 11 '19 at 06:35
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 241 90% 157 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 709 71% 580 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6274) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 111 Parallax 104 89% 108 fps	MRender 95.2 Gravity 99.1 Splatting 99.6 80% 98 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG5d Q Series 128GB 2,624 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: HTRAN101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 227 187 218 224 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 369 Write 336 Mixed 337 SusWrite 202 70% 311 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 62.3 4K Mixed 32.5 110% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 189 146% 200 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 102%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$33 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 88GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 131 118 100 100 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 126 Write 120 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 118 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$33 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 433GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 119 120 121 122 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 138 Write 121 Mixed 104 SusWrite 121 90% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 221% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 76%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2013) 681 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 78GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 59 65 67 65 61 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 76.8 Write 50.8 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 62.9 44% 59.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 53%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 10GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 98 98 100 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 93.7 Write 93.5 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 99.2 62% 85.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 62%
WD easystore 25FA 4TB 7,384 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 3.5TB free, PID 25fa Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 109 110 110 111 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 124 Write 106 Mixed 85 SusWrite 110 141% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 9.6 4K Mixed 0.7 355% 3.87 MB/s	DQ Read 0.4 DQ Write 11 DQ Mixed 0.6 396% 4 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2133 C10 4x4GB 216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	78.4% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 24.8 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 25 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 49.4 81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 80%

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

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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	332x
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 $90Bench 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: $853

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	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 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16