Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	109% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '19 at 10:45
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	0%

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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 98 1-Core 134 2-Core 265 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 539 72% 538 Pts	64-Core 532 33% 532 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Sapphire(174B E324) CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.4.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Lighting 79.6 Reflection 67.1 Parallax 101 65% 82.5 fps	MRender 66.8 Gravity 69.4 Splatting 82.9 61% 73 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 134 117 129 111 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 488 Mixed 324 SusWrite 149 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 57.1 207% 74.5 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 179 185% 301 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 108%
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 69GB free Firmware: Z32070RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 13 11 13 2.7 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	26% Poor	Read 415 Write 111 Mixed 4.7 SusWrite 29.9 30% 140 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.2 29% 6.83 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 76%
Seagate ST2000LM007-1R8174 2TB 71,657 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 68GB free Firmware: SBK2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 66 63 63 63 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	Read 48.6 Write 68.5 Mixed 54 SusWrite 63.5 44% 58.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.9 237% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 67%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 531GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 74 80 79 80 80 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 85.2 Write 48.9 Mixed 50.5 SusWrite 73.3 48% 64.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 1,336 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 35 MC Mixed 30.1 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 28.7 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 46.1 87% 46.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 96%

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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