Asus Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac)/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	235% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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, 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac)/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '18 at 05:11
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 258 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 697 76% 599 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-X-$781 8,241 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AMD(1002 0B36) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.1.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Lighting 81.9 Reflection 58.3 Parallax 116 67% 85.4 fps	MRender 59.2 Gravity 91 Splatting 75.4 62% 75.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS1754D117-820 240GB 5,703 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 44GB free Firmware: CS111101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (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 1985 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2192 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 179 (B1) Unknown 0 0 258 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 43423 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 103 (E7) Temperature 99 100 35 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4 (EA) Unknown 0 0 92 (F1) Unknown 0 0 13012 (F2) Unknown 0 0 24405
Poor: 54% Great: 87%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 2,028 Write 1,499 Mixed 1,353 360% 1,627 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 36.4 195% 75.9 MB/s	DQ Read 50.8 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 36 48% 83.2 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 353%
Hitachi HCS5C1010CLA382 1TB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 281GB free, PID 104a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	29.8% Poor	Read 63.2 Write 78.3 Mixed 67.7 92% 69.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.27 50% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 18.2 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 20.5 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 63%

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Gaming 44%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 37%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac)/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	97x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	21x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	14x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	25x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	11x
RX 590AMD $200Bench 57%, 122,060 samples	11x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	7x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	13x
NMUD380D81-1600C 4x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 152 samples	11x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	8x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $591

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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16