Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 140% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 116% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	159% 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.
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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 29 '21 at 21:22
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 130 2-Core 266 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 701 74% 593 Pts	64-Core 687 42% 687 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.6% 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: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3505 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	159% Outstanding	Lighting 236 Reflection 220 Parallax 210 192% 222 fps	MRender 202 Gravity 164 Splatting 144 136% 170 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 425 Write 479 Mixed 342 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 40.7 167% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 317 241% 325 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 256GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 145 149 147 147 149 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 97.2 Write 62.5 Mixed 60.6 SusWrite 147 67% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 114%
Seagate BUP BK 5TB 4,756 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1TB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 88 91 91 91 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	42% Average	Read 56.8 Write 81 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 88.6 55% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.5 159% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/4G 1314 992002 (997002) 1314 992002 (997002) 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1333, 1333, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.6% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.1 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 21.2 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 62%

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Typical Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac) Builds (Compare 988 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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	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 $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	52x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	41x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 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: $688

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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