Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	15.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65.9% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '21 at 14:49
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 242 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 640 70% 551 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Sapphire(174B 174B) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Lighting 21.6 Reflection 21.1 Parallax 19.2 18% 20.6 fps	MRender 14.4 Gravity 15.8 Splatting 11.8 11% 14 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_M500IT_MTFDDAT128MBD 128GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 120 120 109 124 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 402 Write 129 Mixed 157 SusWrite 118 44% 202 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 24.5 113% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 135 117% 177 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 71%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 250GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 140 140 142 142 143 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 135 Write 97.8 Mixed 71.7 SusWrite 141 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 145GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 124 123 124 125 125 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 77.5 Write 73 Mixed 56 SusWrite 123 60% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.6% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 15.4 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 18.1 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 63%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	584x
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	53x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	41x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $130Bench 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 i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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