Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.3% 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	118% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '19 at 11:48
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 249 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 456 64% 470 Pts	64-Core 476 30% 476 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Nvidia(10DE 12FD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 4000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.3% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 116 Parallax 119 92% 116 fps	MRender 147 Gravity 97.6 Splatting 85 87% 110 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 363GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 241 283 293 305 302 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 379 Write 300 Mixed 326 SusWrite 247 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 57.7 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 71.2 229% 74.6 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 509 338% 404 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 355%
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 57GB free Firmware: Z32070RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 40 21 44 26 50 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	29.8% Poor	Read 181 Write 182 Mixed 20 SusWrite 38.3 23% 105 MB/s	4K Read 14.7 4K Write 72.3 4K Mixed 0.2 61% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 15.9 DQ Mixed 0.1 23% 59.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 76%
Seagate ST2000LM007-1R8174 2TB 71,657 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 175GB free Firmware: SBK2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.8 107 113 112 114 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	41.2% Average	Read 48 Write 133 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 94.2 61% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.7 215% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 67%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 679GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 93 97 93 97 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 90 Write 59.5 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 82 53% 71.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 1,336 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 29.2 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 27.4 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 47 85% 47 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 96%

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Typical Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac) Builds (Compare 983 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 (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