Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	164% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '23 at 10:08
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 130 2-Core 234 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 672 68% 550 Pts	64-Core 672 42% 672 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 532.03 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$75 52,084 User benchmarks, average bench 200% 653GB free (System drive) Firmware: P2CR048 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 658 680 695 705 706 704 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	164% Outstanding	Read 628 Write 710 Mixed 672 SusWrite 691 153% 675 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 61.5 204% 71.1 MB/s	DQ Read 763 DQ Write 722 DQ Mixed 834 601% 773 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 164% Great: 299%
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$75 52,084 User benchmarks, average bench 200% 574GB free Firmware: P2CR048 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 245 254 249 253 250 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 353 Write 366 Mixed 354 SusWrite 248 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 93.2 4K Mixed 56.6 187% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 374 DQ Mixed 554 368% 436 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 299%
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TB 46,239 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 574GB free Firmware: M6CR054 SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 244 254 247 251 249 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Read 502 Write 438 Mixed 414 SusWrite 248 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 26.4 132% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 35 86% 175 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 100%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 280GB free Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 225 212 236 228 229 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 305 Write 103 Mixed 87 SusWrite 227 40% 180 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 19.8 4K Mixed 11.8 52% 16.3 MB/s	DQ Read 14.2 DQ Write 15.1 DQ Mixed 14.4 11% 14.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HX316C10F/8 4x8GB 224 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	59% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 16.6 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 19.9 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 87%

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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	583x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	129x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	83x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	139x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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