Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.6% 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	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	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	12 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '19 at 04:29
Run Duration	376 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 223 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 447 60% 447 Pts	64-Core 457 28% 457 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.6% Very good	Lighting 96.4 Reflection 100 Parallax 84.8 79% 93.8 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 96.8 Splatting 102 82% 99.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Microsoft Virtual Disk 42GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 680 Write 567 Mixed 487 128% 578 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 51.1 164% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 770 DQ Write 641 DQ Mixed 757 553% 723 MB/s
Poor: 42% Great: 64%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 359GB free Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 474 507 529 532 520 504 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 706 Write 538 Mixed 488 SusWrite 511 126% 561 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 65.6 240% 91 MB/s	DQ Read 784 DQ Write 643 DQ Mixed 922 634% 783 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 353%
Samsung 960 PRO 512GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 855GB free Firmware: 4B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 1504 1479 1473 1493 1424 1437 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	323% Outstanding	Read 2,004 Write 1,794 Mixed 1,035 SusWrite 1,468 353% 1,575 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 217 4K Mixed 73.8 278% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 1,726 DQ Write 1,325 DQ Mixed 1,268 1,018% 1,440 MB/s
Poor: 226% ↑ This bench: 323% Great: 332%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 22GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 137 136 130 133 146 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 171 Write 157 Mixed 77.1 SusWrite 134 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 113%
SanDisk Cruzer 8GB 5,405 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 4GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4 5.4 5.6 5.2 4.7 4.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	4.72% Terrible	Read 16.1 Write 4.3 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 4.9 8% 7.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 21% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.72% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,124 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	64.4% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.8 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 62%

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Typical Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac) Builds (Compare 981 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

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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	129x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	83x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	139x
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 $160Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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