Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.5% 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)
Boot Drive	78.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '17 at 22:12
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 0.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 246 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 658 67% 544 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3081) CLim: 977 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.11.4 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Lighting 65.1 Reflection 58.3 Parallax 78.2 53% 67.2 fps	MRender 57.7 Gravity 52.3 Splatting 73.5 51% 61.2 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 960GB-$195 1,486 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 502GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 852 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 251 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1248 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6815861 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 77 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 90 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4245	78.6% Very good	Read 517 Write 353 Mixed 352 90% 407 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 60.7 4K Mixed 9.73 92% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 49.3 86% 172 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 108%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 32GB 775 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 9GB free, PID 005b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	7.63% Terrible	Read 28.6 Write 8.42 Mixed 20.1 22% 19 MB/s	4K Read 6.67 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.01 26% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.63% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 4,968 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	60.1% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 16.9 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 20.9 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 79%

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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	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 $182	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) $30	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