Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	48.3% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '21 at 17:45
Run Duration	246 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 above expectations (80^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 95 1-Core 109 2-Core 215 81% 139 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 377 45% 348 Pts	64-Core 383 24% 383 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.3% Average	Lighting 58.8 Reflection 70.6 Parallax 61.1 48% 63.5 fps	MRender 68.4 Gravity 58.9 Splatting 55 49% 60.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 883GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 438 400 387 407 435 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 450 Write 395 Mixed 411 SusWrite 416 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 48.7 162% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 346 263% 354 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 131GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 324 301 295 307 324 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 332 Write 310 Mixed 302 SusWrite 311 71% 314 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 55.6 4K Mixed 41.2 132% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 205 150% 197 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 134%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 55 74 60 56 54 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 107 Write 96.7 Mixed 79.6 SusWrite 61.4 64% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 84%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 122 122 125 124 124 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	71.8% Very good	Read 128 Write 107 Mixed 77.9 SusWrite 122 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 100%
WD WD20NPVX-00EA4T0 2TB 852 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 34GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 36 61 61 56 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Read 63.6 Write 20 Mixed 29.4 SusWrite 49.7 30% 40.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.4 74% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 28.3 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 24.4 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 85%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	7	5	60	27"	1280 720	ACI2725 ASUS VG278HE

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Typical Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac) Builds (Compare 983 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	130x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	84x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	140x
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 $90Bench 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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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