Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

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	12.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150817
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '20 at 00:02
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 97.7 2-Core 225 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 620 62% 502 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3794) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.74 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.1% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 138 Parallax 124 85% 122 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 123 Splatting 104 88% 108 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 144 Write 138 Mixed 131 31% 137 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 33.4 4K Mixed 29.7 95% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 86.6 DQ Mixed 113 94% 138 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Spcc Solid State Disk 512GB 30,264 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 40GB free Firmware: S0813A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 115 19 20 20 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Read 446 Write 439 Mixed 20.7 SusWrite 71 54% 244 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 15.4 4K Mixed 0.4 38% 11.8 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 17.3 DQ Mixed 0 19% 49.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 102%
Seagate NAS HDD 2TB-$98 3,967 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 344GB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 157 158 158 159 157 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Read 152 Write 151 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 157 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 112GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 130 131 132 131 131 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	79% Very good	Read 146 Write 120 Mixed 85 SusWrite 129 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 112%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 64GB 85 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 57GB free, PID 00fe Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 16 16 16 16 14 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 113 Write 60.2 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 17.3 79% 65.8 MB/s	4K Read 10.2 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.6 204% 5.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2400C11-8GAB 0423 Vulcan-2400 0420 F3-2400C11-8GAB 0423 Vulcan-2400 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 1600, 2400, 1600, 2400 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	75.1% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 24.4 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 22.9 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 50.9 79% 50.9 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 75%

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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