Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	116% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	46.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (71%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '21 at 04:17
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	71%

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PC Performing below expectations (21^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 96.1 1-Core 94.9 2-Core 178 74% 123 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 418 46% 363 Pts	64-Core 613 38% 613 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$488 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Gigabyte(1458 404D) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 160 Parallax 195 119% 167 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 144 Splatting 128 121% 152 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 76 70 74 83 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 286 Write 131 Mixed 172 SusWrite 80.2 37% 167 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 46.3 4K Mixed 27.5 90% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 31.2 DQ Write 70 DQ Mixed 39.6 33% 46.9 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 124%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB 14,526 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 31GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 318 347 363 369 376 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 263 Write 40.7 Mixed 79.7 SusWrite 340 40% 181 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 18.8 4K Mixed 11.9 49% 15.4 MB/s	DQ Read 26.5 DQ Write 32.7 DQ Mixed 33.5 24% 30.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$38 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 79GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 88 93 95 93 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 96 Write 103 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 90 66% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.3 61% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 106%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 61GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 110 109 110 109 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	69.9% Good	Read 135 Write 105 Mixed 88 SusWrite 108 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 229% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 18GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 128 152 127 130 130 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 87.8 Write 88 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 131 68% 92.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 198% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 109%
WD WD800JD-75MSA3 80GB-$105 18,464 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 9GB free Firmware: 10.01E04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 36 35 37 35 35 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	25% Poor	Read 51.5 Write 49.7 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 35.3 32% 42.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 116% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 25.7 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 21.3 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 88%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	331x
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	16x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $857

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16