Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	116% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	164% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '19 at 17:23
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 115 2-Core 223 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 638 64% 523 Pts	64-Core 591 37% 591 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Nvidia(10DE 13AA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 144 Parallax 156 127% 152 fps	MRender 178 Gravity 127 Splatting 104 108% 136 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 870GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 522 608 623 626 634 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	164% Outstanding	Read 706 Write 620 Mixed 576 SusWrite 569 139% 618 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 72.5 234% 83.4 MB/s	DQ Read 688 DQ Write 540 DQ Mixed 271 296% 499 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 164% Great: 295%
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 111GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 135 138 137 137 138 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	73% Very good	Read 426 Write 136 Mixed 201 SusWrite 136 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 30.8 128% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 159 128% 183 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 77%
Samsung HD103UI 1TB 1,652 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 236GB free Firmware: 1AA01111 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 55 55 55 55 55 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 58.5 Write 71.7 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 55.2 43% 58 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 51%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 198GB free Firmware: ML6OA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 75 76 77 75 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 87 Write 70.8 Mixed 52 SusWrite 75.4 52% 71.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 517GB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 175 176 178 179 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 151 Mixed 83.7 SusWrite 176 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 64GB-$7 7,617 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 32GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 54 28 24 27 25 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	39.6% Below average	Read 161 Write 58.5 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 36.5 95% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.8 161% 3.57 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	66.3% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.7 66% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 18.4 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 72%

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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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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