Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	25.8% 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	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '22 at 03:51
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Memory 71 1-Core 119 2-Core 234 77% 142 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 648 64% 525 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 512.15 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.8% Poor	Lighting 9 Reflection 91 Parallax 80.1 7% 60 fps	MRender 79.8 Gravity 76.8 Splatting 70.9 62% 75.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 400GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 418 387 388 394 385 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 441 Write 410 Mixed 351 SusWrite 383 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 84.4 4K Mixed 42.5 144% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 355 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 203 202 206 206 205 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 145 Mixed 85.9 SusWrite 203 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 7,967 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.8% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 15.8 48% 17 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 17.1 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 99 40% 99 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 79%

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

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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	583x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	132x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	86x

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 $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	41x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 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: $687

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16