Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	71% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	140% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (all builds)
Memory	22.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '19 at 09:43
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing way below expectations (19^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 0.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 82 1-Core 115 2-Core 212 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 539 57% 455 Pts	64-Core 560 35% 560 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71% Very good	Lighting 89.1 Reflection 94.2 Parallax 87.3 73% 90.2 fps	MRender 81.5 Gravity 82.5 Splatting 84.1 68% 82.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$60 15,626 User benchmarks, average bench 216% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 576 567 543 538 543 543 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 596 Write 552 Mixed 546 SusWrite 552 126% 561 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 92.4 4K Mixed 51.5 172% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 758 DQ Write 534 DQ Mixed 695 506% 663 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 333%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 58GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 81 97 98 98 101 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	48.2% Average	Read 177 Write 127 Mixed 144 SusWrite 95.8 30% 136 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 73.1 4K Mixed 23.1 97% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 108 88% 126 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 61%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 177 179 177 178 176 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 63% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 32GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	43.7% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 13.4 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 14 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 43.7% 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 Builds (Compare 626 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	331x
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	16x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $857

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16