Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 39.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	81.6% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '22 at 14:38
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 2.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	39.6% Below average	Memory 40.3 1-Core 22 2-Core 55.4 25% 39.2 Pts	4-Core 209 8-Core 335 34% 272 Pts	64-Core 326 20% 326 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 8623) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.6% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 106 Parallax 99.2 84% 103 fps	MRender 91.3 Gravity 99.7 Splatting 88.2 76% 93.1 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 17 19 21 18 18 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 58% Great: 101%
Transcend TS64GMTS600 64GB 76 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 59GB free Firmware: 20140516 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 78 78 78 78 74 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	32.6% Below average	Read 260 Write 78.5 Mixed 120 SusWrite 76.4 29% 134 MB/s	4K Read 9.7 4K Write 25 4K Mixed 10.2 41% 15 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 78.1 DQ Mixed 87.5 72% 106 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 68%
Samsung SP0411C 40GB-$22 320 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 37GB free Firmware: UU100-05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 51 51 51 51 49 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	24.9% Poor	Read 36.1 Write 50.4 Mixed 30 SusWrite 50.7 31% 41.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 102% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 29%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$72 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 85 86 86 86 80 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	47.3% Average	Read 81 Write 80.5 Mixed 56.8 SusWrite 83.4 56% 75.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 57%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 7TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.9 7 7.2 7.1 7.9 7.1 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 15% Great: 94%
WD 10EADS External 1TB 3,369 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 931GB free, PID 1003 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 28 29 29 28 28 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Read 35.7 Write 36.9 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 27.7 45% 33 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 68% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3-2400 CL10 4GB 4x4GB 157 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.9% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 14.2 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 3.3 SC Mixed 5.1 17% 5.83 GB/s	Latency 201 20% 201 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 88%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

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	88x

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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 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	32x
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 $174	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 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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