Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	45.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '20 at 05:19
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 111 2-Core 229 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 436 55% 420 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% MSI(1462 341B) CLim: 1268 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.5.1 Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.9% Average	Lighting 56.1 Reflection 63.5 Parallax 77.9 46% 65.8 fps	MRender 63.6 Gravity 55 Splatting 52.7 46% 57.1 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 206GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 39 54 52 50 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 684 Write 595 Mixed 563 SusWrite 92.2 108% 483 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 56.9 194% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 66.1 DQ Mixed 4.9 55% 139 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 242%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 25GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 227 197 168 146 149 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	67% Good	Read 411 Write 272 Mixed 296 SusWrite 188 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 52.4 4K Mixed 23.8 86% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 185 166% 251 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 91%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 65 68 68 72 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 76 Write 52 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 68.2 48% 65.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 107% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 67%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 667GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 106 109 109 110 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 110 Write 108 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 108 75% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 209% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 5,448 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	66.5% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 21.5 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 86%

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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%

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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	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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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