Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 86.3%, 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	116% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '22 at 10:55
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 121 2-Core 236 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 638 66% 530 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.3% 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: 22.1.2 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 149 Parallax 202 109% 162 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 143 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% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT24B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 453 269 277 279 287 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 441 Write 433 Mixed 412 SusWrite 322 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 60.1 198% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 363 274% 366 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 126%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 103GB free Firmware: X21200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 340 337 328 336 335 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 353 Write 308 Mixed 241 SusWrite 327 69% 307 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 72.2 4K Mixed 32.7 124% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 141 125% 189 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 603GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 96 98 99 97 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 121 Write 108 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 97.1 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 165 174 173 176 172 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Read 145 Write 149 Mixed 65.6 SusWrite 171 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 72% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 90.5% 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 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	69.9% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 22 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 22.4 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 72%

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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 $50Bench 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 $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	53x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	41x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $65Bench 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 $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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