Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	65.8% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '18 at 04:40
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 85.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 247 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 664 67% 544 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8591) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 141 Parallax 136 107% 136 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 130 Splatting 105 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X400 512GB-$99 7,913 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 419GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4120000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2380 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 643 (A5) Unknown 100 100 257823082177 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 34 (A8) Unknown 100 100 13 (A9) Unknown 100 100 480 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 24 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 74 317829087268 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4801779008606 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3174 (EA) Unknown 100 100 16654 (F1) Unknown 253 253 15937 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2776 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	65.8% Good	Read 494 Write 283 Mixed 259 76% 345 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 43.6 4K Mixed 18.8 91% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 30 DQ Write 46.6 DQ Mixed 11.3 16% 29.3 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 104%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 232GB free Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (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 10 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 702 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 23 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2587 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 76 59 176094838808 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 639161864 (F7) Unknown 100 100 20037202 (F8) Unknown 100 100 12099310	87.5% Excellent	Read 522 Write 391 Mixed 408 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 19.9 126% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 33.5 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 19.8 50% 98 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 113%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 812GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 65138048 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 875 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 40236483 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2306 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 704 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 196612 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 65 454688794 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 288 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11401 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 77309411354 (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 -77107547862111 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16362689155 (F2) Unknown 100 253 176778447734	104% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 178 Mixed 130 122% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 5.35 4K Mixed 0.45 170% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 99[1/6/3]996(F) 1314 99[1/6/3]996(F) 1314 99[2/7/4]164(S/Y) 1314 99[2/7/4]164(S/Y) 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.1% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.3 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 18.1 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 52%

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Typical Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac) Builds (Compare 989 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	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 $176	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