Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.6% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (69%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	23.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '21 at 22:39
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	69%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 108 2-Core 206 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 572 58% 468 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.8% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 114 Parallax 114 82% 110 fps	MRender 95.2 Gravity 101 Splatting 102 82% 99.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$182 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 323GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 414 440 447 446 449 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 444 Mixed 354 SusWrite 415 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 50.1 4K Mixed 34.9 117% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 250 192% 267 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 124%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 177 165 172 179 166 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 165 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 172 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.7 200% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 113%
G-DRIVE USB 4TB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2TB free, PID 8034 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 167 176 170 170 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 201 Mixed 131 SusWrite 163 231% 171 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 8.6 4K Mixed 1.3 344% 3.93 MB/s	DQ Read 1.4 DQ Write 7.2 DQ Mixed 2 318% 3.53 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 88%
WD My Book 25EE 12TB 624 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 8TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 164 159 168 167 163 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 167 Write 172 Mixed 126 SusWrite 156 211% 156 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 7.6 4K Mixed 1 308% 4.27 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2133 C9 4x8GB 259 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2000 MHz clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.5% Good	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 20.8 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 20.8 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 132%

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Gaming 43%

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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	584x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	132x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	87x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	141x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	55x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	53x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	41x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	29x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	49x
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: 61% - Good

Total price: $683

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16