Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 133% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	157% 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	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 04 '21 at 04:07
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 (98^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 133 2-Core 247 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 679 71% 570 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.2% 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: 496.49 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	157% Outstanding	Lighting 232 Reflection 218 Parallax 208 189% 219 fps	MRender 201 Gravity 162 Splatting 144 136% 169 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 419 Write 476 Mixed 342 92% 413 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 42 165% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 316 240% 325 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 255GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 145 149 148 148 148 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 94.8 Write 58.9 Mixed 67.7 SusWrite 148 68% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 114%
Seagate BUP BK 5TB 4,756 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1TB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 81 82 84 83 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	40.5% Average	Read 58.1 Write 86.1 Mixed 56.1 SusWrite 81.9 52% 70.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.5 157% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 67%
WD Elements SE 2622 4TB 702 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3.5TB free, PID 2622 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 116 117 116 115 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 118 Write 95.5 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 116 136% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 7.7 4K Mixed 0.7 290% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 65%

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 above expectations (75^th percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 18.6 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 20.4 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 61.6% 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 $100Bench 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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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