Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	47.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	128% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '21 at 16:40
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4771-$129 11,180 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 97.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 233 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 585 57% 466 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 0521) CLim: 1403 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.7.1 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.7% Average	Lighting 58 Reflection 65.4 Parallax 94.7 47% 72.7 fps	MRender 65.6 Gravity 67.7 Splatting 48.6 48% 60.6 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 256GB 15,205 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1111A0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 571 215 260 325 244 375 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 742 Write 644 Mixed 608 SusWrite 332 130% 581 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 30.3 172% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 739 DQ Write 522 DQ Mixed 399 361% 553 MB/s
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 230%
Crucial MX500 250GB-$39 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 101GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 381 363 364 376 357 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 464 Mixed 447 SusWrite 354 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 54.6 181% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 115 155% 283 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 123%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 793GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 145 146 147 147 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 158 Write 106 Mixed 101 SusWrite 145 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 85%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 111 110 111 111 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 112 Write 99.4 Mixed 77.9 SusWrite 109 73% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 67%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 465GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 130 132 133 132 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 130 Write 121 Mixed 77.6 SusWrite 131 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 2x4GB 1,957 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 22.9 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 23.1 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 48.8 82% 48.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 84%

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

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Typical Z97-PRO Builds (Compare 627 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 - $215

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	332x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16