Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.9% 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	161% 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	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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '20 at 19:20
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 223 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 659 68% 551 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3724) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Lighting 68.4 Reflection 68.3 Parallax 67.1 56% 67.9 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 66.8 Splatting 68.1 56% 69 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 828GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 559 636 607 603 586 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 653 Write 597 Mixed 552 SusWrite 537 132% 585 MB/s	4K Read 52 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 72.2 241% 85.4 MB/s	DQ Read 679 DQ Write 540 DQ Mixed 269 294% 496 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 295%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 1GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 413 Write 369 Mixed 365 85% 382 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 52.9 189% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 161 163 162 164 163 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 129 Write 98.5 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 156 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 992164 (997164) 1314 99[1/6/3]996(F) 1314 992164 (997164) 1314 99[1/6/3]996(F) 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58.9% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 16.6 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 20.3 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 59%

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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	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 $40	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