Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55% 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	128% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	May 06 '17 at 17:37
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 129 2-Core 256 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 502 67% 500 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55% Above average	Lighting 70 Reflection 69.8 Parallax 62.7 57% 67.5 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 64.4 Splatting 54 51% 63.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 289GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 751 Write 642 Mixed 710 156% 701 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 33 166% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 46.1 DQ Write 393 DQ Mixed 30.3 79% 156 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 283%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 149GB free Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 22370 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1213 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 36 (A8) Unknown 100 100 221 (A9) Unknown 100 100 364 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 108 (AE) Unknown 100 100 37 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 51 219044577318 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 828 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 28218 (F1) Unknown 253 253 12729 (F2) Unknown 253 253 11250 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	75.6% Very good	Read 306 Write 352 Mixed 312 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 76 4K Mixed 21.2 112% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 16.5 63% 139 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 99%
Hitachi HDT725050VLA360 500GB-$159 3,335 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 373GB free Firmware: V56OA7EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 65537 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 106 106 38685508054 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 16710 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 69635 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1798 (C0) Power-off retract count 84 84 19372 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 19372 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 274878955559 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0	39.1% Below average	Read 68.9 Write 67.1 Mixed 67 51% 67.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.38 104% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 40%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 368GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8608 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3649 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21514 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 861 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 449 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3199 (C2) HDA temperature 112 95 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.5% Above average	Read 119 Write 84.2 Mixed 89.6 73% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.29 100% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 85%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$30 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 272GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 120 (03) Spinup time 122 122 38685573589 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 17121 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 55819 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1681 (C0) Power-off retract count 85 85 18450 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 18450 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 244814381096 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	43.5% Average	Read 64.3 Write 87 Mixed 87.7 60% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.35 88% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 61%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 63GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 200586544 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3826 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 49961860 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15027 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 593 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131075 (BD) vendor-specific 59 59 41 (BE) vendor-specific 70 49 689373214 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 217 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6318 (C2) HDA temperature 30 51 77309411358 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -17184164145150 (F1) Unknown 100 253 169216168747 (F2) Unknown 100 253 64474435898	86.6% Excellent	Read 152 Write 148 Mixed 128 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 5.42 4K Mixed 0.59 186% 2.16 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1333 C9 2x8GB 561 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1360 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.7 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 17.8 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 54%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO - $215

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	330x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	81x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	68x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	71x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	45x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	34x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	21x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	18x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	17x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	22x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	19x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	15x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $857

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