Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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.
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.

High background CPU (30%). 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	28.6 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 24 '19 at 10:37
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^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 0.8 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 214 85% 146 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 610 67% 531 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.9% 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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 113 Parallax 95 88% 105 fps	MRender 93.4 Gravity 96.8 Splatting 97.4 79% 95.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.1% 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% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 642 Write 599 Mixed 582 136% 608 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 37.3 4K Mixed 34.5 127% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 758 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 729 462% 541 MB/s
Poor: 127% Great: 333%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 55GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 98 101 100 102 99 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 174 Write 95.2 Mixed 147 SusWrite 99.2 29% 129 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 64.6 4K Mixed 24.4 101% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 93.5 80% 117 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 61%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 181 183 177 180 185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 175 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 180 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 7.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 493% 3.7 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%
Disk Name 120GB 104 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 42GB free, PID 2509 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	70% Good	Read 40.7 Write 41.8 Mixed 41.3 SusWrite 42.2 57% 41.5 MB/s	4K Read 12.4 4K Write 16.9 4K Mixed 13.3 1,073% 14.2 MB/s	DQ Read 13.2 DQ Write 20.1 DQ Mixed 15.6 1,263% 16.3 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 78%

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 above expectations (91^st percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.8 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 20.1 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 62%

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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 $176	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