Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.9% 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	66.5% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	May 15 '19 at 17:35
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	19%

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 i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 113 2-Core 194 80% 134 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 558 58% 468 Pts	64-Core 569 35% 569 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5063 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.5.1 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.9% Very good	Lighting 92.6 Reflection 85.4 Parallax 134 76% 104 fps	MRender 81.8 Gravity 97.2 Splatting 116 82% 98.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 126 118 127 117 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 442 Write 131 Mixed 122 SusWrite 122 45% 204 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 83.5 4K Mixed 19.4 105% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 50.5 85% 172 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 73%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 141GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 546 519 512 319 304 303 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 634 Write 534 Mixed 394 SusWrite 417 111% 495 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 47.9 184% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 782 DQ Write 637 DQ Mixed 659 507% 692 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 236%
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 8TB 824 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 7.5TB free Firmware: SN04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 205 204 205 208 215 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 146 Mixed 39 SusWrite 207 107% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.4 137% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 128%
WD Black 750GB (2008)-$140 11,698 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 67GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 83 83 84 79 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 64 Write 62.8 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 82.7 50% 67 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 65%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 32GB-$28 4,213 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 23GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 69 62 66 71 55 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 224 Write 24 Mixed 44 SusWrite 58.7 88% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 8.2 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.7 194% 4.33 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 3,839 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	63.7% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 19.2 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 21.6 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 87%

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Typical Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac) Builds (Compare 983 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	583x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	130x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	84x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	140x
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 $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	41x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	29x

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: $678

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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