Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 155% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 131% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	178% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	127% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '22 at 20:11
Run Duration	258 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 127 2-Core 226 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 676 69% 555 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6800-XT-$650 20,197 User benchmarks, average bench 171% Gigabyte(1458 2328) ≥ 4GB Ram: 16GB, Driver: 22.7.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	178% Outstanding	Lighting 213 Reflection 199 Parallax 453 174% 288 fps	MRender 386 Gravity 170 Splatting 325 242% 294 fps
Poor: 165% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 178%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 303 215 182 154 145 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 1,051 Write 879 Mixed 549 SusWrite 230 151% 677 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 74.4 4K Mixed 50.5 171% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 466 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 395 299% 404 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 313%
WDC WD40EFAX-68JH4N1 4TB 2,353 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 3TB free Firmware: 83.00A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 167 164 166 166 162 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	22.6% Poor	Read 158 Write 159 Mixed 82.9 SusWrite 165 32% 141 MB/s	4K Read 9.5 4K Write 11.4 4K Mixed 1.1 22% 7.33 MB/s	DQ Read 1.5 DQ Write 12.1 DQ Mixed 1.6 3% 5.07 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 38%
WDC WD40EFAX-68JH4N1 4TB 2,353 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 2.5TB free Firmware: 83.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 162 161 163 162 157 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Read 133 Write 127 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 161 28% 125 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 10.6 4K Mixed 0.9 12% 5 MB/s	DQ Read 1.1 DQ Write 12.5 DQ Mixed 1.1 3% 4.9 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 38%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 427GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 165 163 166 165 165 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 133 Write 133 Mixed 63.9 SusWrite 164 90% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.1 190% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 108%
Amd-raid WDC WDS100T2B0C- 1TB 165 User benchmarks, average bench 154% 208GB free Firmware: 211070WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 45 45 43 44 48 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 51% Great: 288%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	84.7% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 27.4 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 26.5 68% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 87%

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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	130x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	84x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	140x
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 $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 $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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