Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 129%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 111%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics159% 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 Drive101% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
MotherboardAsus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)  (all builds)
Memory12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180418
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 29 '21 at 19:24
Run Duration136 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 37%
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 PC Performing as expected (54th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
83.2% Excellent
Memory 92.3
1-Core 133
2-Core 231
87% 152 Pts
4-Core 399
8-Core 676
65% 537 Pts
64-Core 672
42% 672 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 83.2%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3505 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.47
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
159% Outstanding
Lighting 238
Reflection 215
Parallax 207
194% 220 fps
MRender 200
Gravity 160
Splatting 141
134% 167 fps
Poor: 135%
This bench: 159%
Great: 158%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230
27GB free (System drive)
Firmware: L2010420
SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 365 326 383 335 393 MB/s
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
101% Outstanding
Read 391
Write 147
Mixed 295
SusWrite 366
67% 300 MB/s
4K Read 32.4
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 40.7
159% 60.8 MB/s
DQ Read 343
DQ Write 289
DQ Mixed 302
230% 311 MB/s
Poor: 71%
This bench: 101%
Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
256GB free
Firmware: CC25
SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 146 149 148 148 149 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
68.9% Good
Read 92.5
Write 68.3
Mixed 68.2
SusWrite 148
69% 94.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 68.9%
Great: 114%
Seagate BUP BK 5TB
1TB free
Firmware: 0108
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 88 91 91 91 91 MB/s
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
45.2% Average
Read 68.3
Write 88.7
Mixed 71.3
SusWrite 88.1
59% 79.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3.9
4K Mixed 0.6
172% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 15%
This bench: 45.2%
Great: 67%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/4G 1314 992002 (997002) 1314 992002 (997002) 16GB
1333, 1333, 1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing below potential (25th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
60.7% Good
MC Read 21.7
MC Write 22.4
MC Mixed 18.8
60% 21 GB/s
SC Read 15
SC Write 21.8
SC Mixed 18.5
53% 18.4 GB/s
Latency 63.6
63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 60.7%
Great: 62%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac) Builds (Compare 983 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 43%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $678
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