Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	21 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 20 '19 at 20:17
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 199 80% 136 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 550 56% 454 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1665 MHz, MLim: 1957 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Lighting 75.3 Reflection 80.7 Parallax 71 61% 75.7 fps	MRender 83.5 Gravity 72.4 Splatting 64.5 59% 73.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 360GB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 329 331 298 339 274 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	274% Outstanding	Read 655 Write 339 Mixed 263 SusWrite 301 286% 390 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 274% Great: 246%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 279GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 65 67 67 67 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 64.1 Write 59.5 Mixed 63.9 SusWrite 66.3 47% 63.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU6AFR8A-PB 3x8GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.4% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 12.2 MC Mixed 9.9 34% 11.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 12.3 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 53%

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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(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 $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 $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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16