Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.59% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	120% 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	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	2.4 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '20 at 01:49
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 131 2-Core 260 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 661 67% 543 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Zotac(19DA 730A) 1GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	5.59% Terrible	Lighting 6.97 Reflection 7.42 Parallax 8.16 6% 7.52 fps	MRender 4.95 Gravity 7.27 Splatting 7.26 5% 6.49 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.59% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 849GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 204 199 205 211 207 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 351 Write 291 Mixed 290 SusWrite 200 64% 283 MB/s	4K Read 57.6 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 77.6 248% 83.5 MB/s	DQ Read 393 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 517 342% 408 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 372%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 228GB free Firmware: EXT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 340 333 340 348 342 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 215 Mixed 270 SusWrite 334 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 50.1 189% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 257 214% 310 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 126%
WDC WD120EDAZ-11F3RA 12TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 5.5TB free Firmware: 81.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 173 171 174 172 164 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	20.3% Poor	Read 180 Write 181 Mixed 101 SusWrite 171 36% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 8.9 4K Mixed 1 9% 3.9 MB/s	DQ Read 0.7 DQ Write 9 DQ Mixed 1.7 2% 3.8 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 22%
WDC WD140EDFZ-11A0VA 14TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 821GB free Firmware: 81.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 108 109 108 107 106 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	14.6% Very poor	Read 104 Write 111 Mixed 102 SusWrite 108 24% 106 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 8.9 4K Mixed 1.3 13% 4.87 MB/s	DQ Read 1.9 DQ Write 6.7 DQ Mixed 3.6 3% 4.07 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 24%
WD WD140EDFZ-11A0VA 14TB 528 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 1.5TB free Firmware: 81.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 118 112 116 112 118 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 116 Write 121 Mixed 114 SusWrite 116 87% 117 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 3 617% 4.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 116%
WD WD120EDAZ-11F3RA0 12TB 397 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: 81.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 142 143 139 140 142 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 138 Write 133 Mixed 85.1 SusWrite 141 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 6 4K Mixed 1.4 333% 3 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 111%
WD WD80EZZX-11CSGA0 8TB 694 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 6.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 157 173 171 159 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 179 Mixed 82.6 SusWrite 166 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.3 221% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5673FH0-CH9 3x2GB 569 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 3 of 4 slots used 6GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 11.3 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 13.5 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 43%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

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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