Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	66.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	185% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '19 at 00:00
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 238 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 567 61% 484 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	66.9% Good	Lighting 88.8 Reflection 101 Parallax 65 72% 85 fps	MRender 69.3 Gravity 66.6 Splatting 69.4 56% 68.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7201Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 490 317 316 311 301 292 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	185% Outstanding	Read 1,660 Write 1,119 Mixed 727 SusWrite 338 213% 961 MB/s	4K Read 49.6 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 51.9 205% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 937 DQ Write 660 DQ Mixed 762 579% 787 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 185% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 130GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 331 329 289 261 232 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 432 Write 423 Mixed 348 SusWrite 288 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 90.1 4K Mixed 47.3 158% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 223GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 333 364 391 393 393 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 440 Write 410 Mixed 413 SusWrite 360 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 53.2 173% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 129%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 67GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 71 70 72 72 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Read 53.8 Write 53.3 Mixed 29 SusWrite 70.9 38% 51.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 192 194 196 195 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 139 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 194 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 260GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 116 118 119 118 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 114 Write 97.5 Mixed 64.7 SusWrite 118 72% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.8% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 17.5 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 14.6 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 62 65% 62 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 63%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

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