Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	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	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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '22 at 23:22
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 138 2-Core 257 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 732 72% 589 Pts	64-Core 725 45% 725 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Sapphire(1DA2 E411) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.12.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 148 Parallax 208 109% 163 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 142 Splatting 100 97% 121 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 250GB 26,055 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT24B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 309 308 300 299 282 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 492 Mixed 466 SusWrite 302 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 51.3 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 67.7 232% 82.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 363 273% 366 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 126%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 103GB free Firmware: X21200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 351 352 347 355 354 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 373 Write 353 Mixed 258 SusWrite 343 75% 332 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 75.6 4K Mixed 38.5 140% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 139 125% 189 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 610GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 101 99 100 96 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 138 Write 118 Mixed 79.7 SusWrite 97.8 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 178 174 174 165 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 108 Write 141 Mixed 66.4 SusWrite 174 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 76% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 2060 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 23 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 24.9 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 72%

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Gaming 43%

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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	129x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	83x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	139x
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 $109Bench 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 $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) $30	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