Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	85.1% 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	274% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	30.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '19 at 01:16
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 98.3 1-Core 141 2-Core 292 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 764 83% 658 Pts	64-Core 781 48% 781 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1557 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 118 Parallax 105 89% 110 fps	MRender 96.8 Gravity 101 Splatting 90.7 78% 96.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 416GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 720 1173 1223 1240 1228 1223 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	274% Outstanding	Read 2111 Write 1,418 Mixed 911 SusWrite 1,134 310% 1,394 MB/s	4K Read 54.2 4K Write 189 4K Mixed 71.1 273% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,273 DQ Write 389 DQ Mixed 498 454% 720 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 274% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 52GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 434 484 490 289 168 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 493 Mixed 411 SusWrite 355 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 55 200% 74.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 359 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 773GB free Firmware: CC3H SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 114 115 114 115 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 111 Write 109 Mixed 58.4 SusWrite 114 72% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 28.2 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 29.8 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 44.8 89% 44.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 119%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

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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 $109Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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