Asus Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac)/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% 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 Drive	71% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac)/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150203
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '21 at 21:36
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 139 2-Core 284 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 750 79% 633 Pts	64-Core 745 46% 745 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 146 Parallax 134 110% 138 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 141 Splatting 122 103% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 671GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 211 226 232 244 156 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	71% Very good	Read 338 Write 338 Mixed 324 SusWrite 201 68% 300 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 37.9 124% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 175 122% 156 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 133%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 417GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 131 132 124 111 131 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 91.3 Write 98.2 Mixed 70.6 SusWrite 123 70% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 213% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 108%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 564GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 117 118 118 118 118 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 138 Write 132 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 117 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 2x8GB 3,774 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.3% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.9 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 20.7 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 65%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 1: 0R 0G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
1%	6%	17	107	5	60	29.8"	2560 1600	DEL4081 DELL U3014

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Gaming 44%

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Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac)/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	96x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	21x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	14x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	24x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	11x
RX 590AMD $200Bench 57%, 122,060 samples	11x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	7x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	13x
NMUD380D81-1600C 4x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 152 samples	11x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	8x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $591

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 $184	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) $35	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