Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.43% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	117% 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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '21 at 22:13
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 106 2-Core 205 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 394 55% 407 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.43% Terrible	Lighting 3.7 Reflection 2.6 Parallax 6.9 3% 4.4 fps	MRender 8.2 Gravity 2.5 Splatting 5.1 4% 5.27 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.43% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Pro 512GB-$150 16,934 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 334GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 397 409 415 418 420 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 438 Mixed 407 SusWrite 406 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 53.4 187% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 331 257% 353 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 119GB free Firmware: EXM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 401 409 415 419 421 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 436 Mixed 272 SusWrite 409 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 77.1 4K Mixed 44.4 151% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 293 239% 340 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 119%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 720GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 166 167 167 167 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 162 Mixed 37.7 SusWrite 164 99% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 135% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 107%
Samsung M3 Portable 500GB 4,300 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 431GB free, PID 61b3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 101 100 98 96 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 96.6 Write 67.4 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 97.7 105% 79.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 118% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	66.4% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 21.8 68% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 18.4 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 72%

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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%

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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	129x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	83x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	139x
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 $109Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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