Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

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

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '18 at 11:55
Run Duration	362 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st 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-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 112 2-Core 218 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 378 48% 364 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 148 Parallax 138 117% 144 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 134 Splatting 110 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Innovati ON IT 120GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0330A0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1017 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 509 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 100 (A3) Unknown 100 100 10 (A4) Unknown 100 100 32206 (A5) Unknown 100 100 138 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 59 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 156884 (F2) Unknown 100 100 199267 (F5) Unknown 100 100 103267	80.7% Excellent	Read 505 Write 436 Mixed 281 90% 407 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 4.79 90% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 5.38 59% 137 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 81%
Seagate IronWolf 3TB (2016)-$114 4,022 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 100 232809408 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 347 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1165879 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 463 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 192 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 74 61 437452826 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 348 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 64424509466 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	82.3% Excellent	Read 151 Write 136 Mixed 128 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.19 74% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 104%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 136GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 66 (03) Spinup time 129 129 38683738557 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 759 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1851 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 685 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 866 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 866 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 193274642467 (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 200 200 0	57.6% Above average	Read 97.9 Write 103 Mixed 103 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.23 100% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$85 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 48GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 80229016 (03) Spinup time 96 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1031 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 10873278 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1330 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 523 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 72 60 538116124 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12294 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 64424509468 (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 61125974557318 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18641160077 (F2) Unknown 100 253 49917039425	85.1% Excellent	Read 158 Write 139 Mixed 126 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.2 67% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 114%
Seagate IronWolf 3TB (2016)-$114 4,022 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 48GB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 213335264 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 370 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 3123417 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 465 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 190 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 81 81 19 (BE) vendor-specific 73 55 454230043 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 370 (C2) HDA temperature 27 45 64424509467 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	48.1% Average	Read 88.3 Write 79.4 Mixed 80.1 62% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.12 58% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 9GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 15091776 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 38 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 144419 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 127 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 38 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 66 60 571670562 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 450 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 73014444066 (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 137718126346299 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3891157048 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5796319	51.8% Above average	Read 94.4 Write 86 Mixed 88.7 68% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.19 81% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 12,350 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.9% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 16.8 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 17.6 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 64%

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Desktop 85%

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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 $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	132x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	87x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	141x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	55x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 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	31x
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 $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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