Asus Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac)/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	44.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac)/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '22 at 18:03
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing below expectations (25^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Memory 81.3 1-Core 105 2-Core 199 73% 128 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 481 50% 403 Pts	64-Core 527 33% 527 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 512.95 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	44.2% Average	Lighting 52.8 Reflection 66.7 Parallax 57.5 43% 59 fps	MRender 62.1 Gravity 57.5 Splatting 52.7 46% 57.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 432 Write 423 Mixed 205 78% 353 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 66.5 4K Mixed 27.6 108% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 167 143% 217 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 199GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 92 98 95 95 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Read 552 Write 96.6 Mixed 133 SusWrite 92.7 47% 218 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 48.8 4K Mixed 40 126% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 597 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 126 149% 275 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 255%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 515GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 147 147 147 148 152 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Read 150 Write 178 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 147 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 210% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 112%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 161 161 162 163 162 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 152 Write 156 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 160 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.9 189% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	54.4% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 17.8 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 63%

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

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Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 37%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac)/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	97x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	21x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	14x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	25x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	11x
RX 590AMD $200Bench 57%, 122,060 samples	11x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	7x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	13x
NMUD380D81-1600C 4x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 152 samples	11x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	8x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $591

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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