Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent 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.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '15 at 23:37
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 141 2-Core 274 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 744 75% 609 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.6% 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) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5900 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.3% Good	Lighting 82.5 Reflection 89.7 Parallax 76.7 67% 83 fps	MRender 82.8 Gravity 74.9 Splatting 70.1 62% 75.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15411 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 134 (B1) Unknown 98 98 17 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 59 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 75 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29476180440
Poor: 72% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 195608664 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8651 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 1930138 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11714 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 92 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 54 5002297386 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 60 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 34759 (C2) HDA temperature 42 46 -140737488355286 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 82098299866790 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5020508899 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3849777632	80.6% Excellent	Read 143 Write 139 Mixed 130 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.29 81% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 113%
Hitachi HDT725040VLA360 400GB 1,414 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 290GB free Firmware: V5COA7BA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 97 0 (02) Throughput performance 162 100 190 (03) Spinup time 155 100 25790447943 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 9992 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 88 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 100 33 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 43707 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2960 (C0) Power-off retract count 91 91 11121 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 11121 (C2) HDA temperature 130 117 219044118574 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 2	37.1% Below average	Read 63.3 Write 65.7 Mixed 64.1 48% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.41 111% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 37%
Hitachi HDT725032VLA380 320GB-$36 4,086 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 297GB free Firmware: V54OA7BA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 131 (03) Spinup time 149 100 17196187900 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 50308 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 136 100 31 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 54367 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 14272 (C0) Power-off retract count 57 57 51868 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 57 57 51868 (C2) HDA temperature 130 120 231929282606 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0	36.5% Below average	Read 63.4 Write 63.4 Mixed 62.4 48% 63 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.4 108% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 20 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 63%

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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	331x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	81x
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 $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	34x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: $857

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 $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16