Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	320% 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	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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	9.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '23 at 02:43
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 115 2-Core 214 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 589 59% 479 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.40 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 135 Parallax 126 103% 129 fps	MRender 96.2 Gravity 128 Splatting 114 93% 113 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN770 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB 14,020 User benchmarks, average bench 468% 867GB free (System drive) Firmware: 731100WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2001 2046 2084 2175 2129 2161 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	320% Outstanding	Read 2,112 Write 1,929 Mixed 1,828 SusWrite 2,100 449% 1,992 MB/s	4K Read 50 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 62.6 214% 74.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,104 DQ Write 755 DQ Mixed 937 697% 932 MB/s
Poor: 237% ↑ This bench: 320% Great: 633%
WD Black SN750 SE NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 17,877 User benchmarks, average bench 247% 79GB free Firmware: 711250WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 311 296 304 301 303 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 296 Write 310 Mixed 295 SusWrite 309 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 51.1 164% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 508 342% 413 MB/s
Poor: 143% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 333%
GB1000EAFJL 1TB 468 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 376GB free Firmware: HPGA SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 94 95 94 94 94 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 79.6 Write 85.4 Mixed 48.8 SusWrite 93.7 56% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	69% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 21.7 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 21.3 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 73%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	60	27"	1280 720	ACI27E4 VX279

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

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	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 $94Bench 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 $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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