Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.4% 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	59.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '19 at 18:32
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 129 2-Core 262 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 678 72% 576 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Zotac(19DA 4520) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 418.96 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.4% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 116 Parallax 117 94% 116 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 99.1 Splatting 79.7 84% 106 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 82 90 94 87 87 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 169 Write 112 Mixed 131 SusWrite 90.2 28% 126 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 30.8 140% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 107 84% 116 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 61%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 113GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 260 290 289 289 291 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Read 374 Write 354 Mixed 323 SusWrite 272 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 54.6 176% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 212 160% 215 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 124%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 112GB free Firmware: 5.03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 96 98 99 98 94 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 183 Write 119 Mixed 130 SusWrite 96 30% 132 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 33.3 144% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 89.2 78% 116 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 61%

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 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33% Below average	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 10.9 MC Mixed 9.4 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 10.3 SC Mixed 9.3 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 33% 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 $109Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $872

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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