Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	110% 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	78.6% 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (all builds)
Memory	11.9 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 23:15
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 134 2-Core 270 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 705 75% 598 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.1% 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 (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 155 Parallax 145 119% 148 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 139 Splatting 113 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% 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 (98^th 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 69 53 201864118303 (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 37717772889 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1192966871 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1140210885	112% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 482 Mixed 487 111% 497 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 32.3 160% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 21.5 99% 222 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 112% 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 (79^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 14800865478	78.6% Very good	Read 495 Write 221 Mixed 198 67% 305 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 13.6 117% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 20.9 83% 189 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.6% 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 217049672 (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 189129040113 (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 70 48 505020446 (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 30 52 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 -57342108344110 (F1) Unknown 100 253 34181967867 (F2) Unknown 100 253 71093196005	99.7% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 173 Mixed 162 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.32 98% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.7% 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 (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 143062176 (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 223481324938 (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 69 49 521863199 (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 31 51 38654705695 (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 10037338595400 (F1) Unknown 100 253 56482701282 (F2) Unknown 100 253 64975050674	102% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 170 Mixed 161 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.29 96% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 102% 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 above expectations (85^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 79 60 353566741 (C2) HDA temperature 77 57 387121175 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 568010 (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	54.4% Above average	Read 93.5 Write 96.2 Mixed 102 74% 97.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.42 97% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54.4% 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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 24.9 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 25.3 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 50.2 80% 50.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 79%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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