Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	74.4% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '18 at 23:10
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 (93^rd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 131 2-Core 248 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 673 66% 542 Pts	64-Core 597 37% 597 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 155 Parallax 144 116% 147 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 139 Splatting 112 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 512GB-$283 5,683 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 314GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12372 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 338 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 69 (AE) Unknown 100 100 27 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 53 201864118302 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (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 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 37709455001 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1192702418 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1140205926	108% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 482 Mixed 490 111% 498 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 21.8 146% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 54.7 117% 240 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 111%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12670 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1169 (B1) Unknown 96 96 43 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 60 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 122 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14795536433	74.4% Very good	Read 509 Write 154 Mixed 203 63% 288 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 13.6 117% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 31 83% 182 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 214723008 (03) Spinup time 92 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 897 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 189129038512 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 24951 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 811 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 71 48 488243229 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 480 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8770 (C2) HDA temperature 29 52 38654705693 (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 -103968273309486 (F1) Unknown 100 253 34179193751 (F2) Unknown 100 253 71091651281	99.8% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 171 Mixed 153 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.31 100% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 140564824 (03) Spinup time 92 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 893 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 16 (07) Seek error rate 64 55 223481323405 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 24943 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 807 (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 70 49 505085982 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 269 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12310 (C2) HDA temperature 30 51 38654705694 (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 -37164351987640 (F1) Unknown 100 253 56479927054 (F2) Unknown 100 253 64973505510	101% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 170 Mixed 170 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.3 97% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1TB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 70 70 9740 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 2685 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 30518 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2386 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 81 60 320012307 (C2) HDA temperature 78 57 370343958 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 328516 (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 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	55.3% Above average	Read 99.7 Write 93.1 Mixed 96 73% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.39 90% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Vulcan-2133 2x8GB 734 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 2176 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 23.7 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 22.4 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 79%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO - $215

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	330x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	81x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	68x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	71x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	45x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	34x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	21x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	18x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	17x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	22x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	19x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	15x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $857

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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