Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.3% 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	68.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '19 at 15:29
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	76%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 113 2-Core 226 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 418 58% 430 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.7.1 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Lighting 111 Reflection 88.8 Parallax 159 90% 119 fps	MRender 88.9 Gravity 121 Splatting 126 93% 112 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 216 235 236 227 228 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 369 Write 267 Mixed 209 SusWrite 227 60% 268 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 92.5 4K Mixed 20.7 103% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 159 136% 197 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 6TB (2017)-$87 14,331 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 151 151 158 154 156 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 78.8 Write 108 Mixed 68.6 SusWrite 152 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.6 212% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 159 161 162 161 161 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 129 Mixed 82.7 SusWrite 160 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 174 173 175 174 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 144 Mixed 80.4 SusWrite 174 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: CC1H SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 117 117 118 118 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 115 Write 112 Mixed 58.2 SusWrite 116 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1373 MHz Performing below potential (85^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.9% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 17.1 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $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