Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


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 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

24 months ago, 24 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 25 '22 at 18:58
Run Duration	273 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	14%

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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 261 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 718 77% 612 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.4% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 118 Parallax 105 85% 109 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 102 Splatting 94.2 81% 99.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,834 Write 6,288 Mixed 6,469 1,458% 6,531 MB/s	4K Read 528 4K Write 290 4K Mixed 347 1,398% 388 MB/s	DQ Read 1,118 DQ Write 738 DQ Mixed 825 643% 894 MB/s
Poor: 79% Great: 131%
Corsair Force 3 60GB 4,789 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 54GB free Firmware: 1.3.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 58 61 61 59 59 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	47% Average	Read 174 Write 65.4 Mixed 93.2 SusWrite 59 22% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 62.7 4K Mixed 30.6 107% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 81.1 DQ Write 65.4 DQ Mixed 73.5 55% 73.3 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 52%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 40GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 308 226 220 216 209 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 347 Write 291 Mixed 252 SusWrite 249 64% 285 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 42.1 162% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 449 311% 387 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 236%
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$45 55,360 User benchmarks, average bench 166% 153GB free Firmware: P2CR031 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1045 1042 50 34 40 43 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 893 Write 1,025 Mixed 908 SusWrite 376 180% 800 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 178 4K Mixed 74.9 258% 99.3 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 587 DQ Mixed 509 379% 494 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 253%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 551GB free Firmware: SD15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 113 114 115 116 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 108 Write 36.7 Mixed 56.9 SusWrite 114 58% 78.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 66%
Maxtor STM3500323AS 500GB 94 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 331GB free Firmware: MX1B SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 114 115 114 113 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61% Good	Read 99.3 Write 107 Mixed 53.2 SusWrite 113 68% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 1302 1866 CL10 Series KHX1866C10D3/8G 1302 1866 CL10 Series 32GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 21.4 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 25.3 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 69%

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Typical Z97-PRO Builds (Compare 629 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 - $215

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	332x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	82x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	68x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	71x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	45x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	34x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	21x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	18x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	17x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	22x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	19x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	16x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $853

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	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