Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	112% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '19 at 02:05
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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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 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 137 2-Core 237 90% 157 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 730 72% 590 Pts	64-Core 733 45% 733 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% XFX(1682 5701) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 115 Parallax 235 115% 164 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 135 Splatting 158 114% 135 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 237 157 156 143 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 432 Write 388 Mixed 204 SusWrite 174 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 11.8 4K Write 57.7 4K Mixed 35 93% 34.8 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 106 137% 249 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 107%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 194GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 463 473 447 348 326 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 450 Write 440 Mixed 415 SusWrite 422 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 58.1 190% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 129%
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$20 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 145GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 81 81 83 80 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 71.7 Write 73 Mixed 51.8 SusWrite 81.6 51% 69.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 55%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 939 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1.5TB free, PID 0821 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 137 138 139 139 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 148 Write 140 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 138 145% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 40% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 2,608 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	MC Read 33 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 27.8 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 28.7 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 49.8 80% 49.8 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 88%

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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 $129Bench 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: $677

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