Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (all builds)
Memory	14.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '19 at 22:06
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 116 2-Core 233 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 412 58% 426 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Lighting 80.6 Reflection 84.2 Parallax 75 66% 79.9 fps	MRender 80.4 Gravity 73.4 Splatting 66.9 60% 73.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 476 Write 456 Mixed 324 93% 419 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 80.4 4K Mixed 39.5 147% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 98.8 DQ Mixed 128 109% 163 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 275GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 168 166 161 165 166 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 116 Write 85.3 Mixed 31.4 SusWrite 166 72% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.4 151% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73EB0-CK0 M378B1G73DB0-CK0 16GB 216 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.1% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 19.2 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 62%

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

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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 $94Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $857

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 $40	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