Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 124% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	147% 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	60.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (29%). 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	8 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 04:21
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 97.2 1-Core 92.3 2-Core 213 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 578 60% 482 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Gigabyte(1458 404D) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	147% Outstanding	Lighting 216 Reflection 194 Parallax 204 176% 204 fps	MRender 188 Gravity 150 Splatting 133 126% 157 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$182 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 230 102 70 66 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 348 Write 180 Mixed 240 SusWrite 128 50% 224 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 53.7 4K Mixed 34.1 116% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 32.1 DQ Write 76 DQ Mixed 40 34% 49.4 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 124%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB 14,526 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 31GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 341 227 85 53 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 357 Write 253 Mixed 322 SusWrite 187 63% 280 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 33.7 4K Mixed 26.7 87% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 26.9 DQ Write 53.7 DQ Mixed 33.7 28% 38.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$47 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 79GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 89 94 94 92 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 137 Write 130 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 90.8 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0 44% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 106%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 61GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 114 112 113 112 113 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 181 Write 156 Mixed 90 SusWrite 113 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 18GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 127 152 129 130 139 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 100 Write 86.5 Mixed 64 SusWrite 134 70% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 202% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 109%
WD WD800JD-75MSA3 80GB-$105 18,464 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 9GB free Firmware: 10.01E04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 36 36 37 35 35 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	25% Poor	Read 51.2 Write 44 Mixed 38.2 SusWrite 35.7 31% 42.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.87 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 above expectations (78^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 27.2 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 24 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 49.4 81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 88%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO - $215

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	333x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	82x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	69x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	71x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	45x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	35x

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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	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