Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.89% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	263% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 12:01
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (61^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 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 75.5 1-Core 109 2-Core 224 75% 136 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 435 58% 434 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4251 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.89% Terrible	Lighting 3.9 Reflection 6.81 Parallax 6.47 3% 5.73 fps	MRender 8.29 Gravity 2.53 Splatting 8 5% 6.27 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.89% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 2,353 Write 1,221 Mixed 1,295 357% 1,623 MB/s	4K Read 63.9 4K Write 184 4K Mixed 40 246% 96 MB/s	DQ Read 608 DQ Write 409 DQ Mixed 188 227% 401 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 263% Great: 236%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 226GB free Firmware: 1AQ1 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 12 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 77 44 7025 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2934 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 36921 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 755 (B5) Unknown 97 97 66813904 (BF) G-sense error rate 93 93 74053 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 48 223339151384 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 3748 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3146	67.6% Good	Read 116 Write 119 Mixed 118 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 3.13 4K Mixed 0.44 127% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 195GB free Firmware: CC26 Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Read 153 Write 144 Mixed 142 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.24 89% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 164GB free Firmware: CC9F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 85466840 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1853 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 116648892 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34685 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 887 (B7) Unknown 81 81 19 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 62 62 38 (BC) Unknown 100 99 51540525073 (BD) vendor-specific 89 89 11 (BE) vendor-specific 73 33 116469071899 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 467 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 27 27 147643 (C2) HDA temperature 27 67 -140737488355301 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 59 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -101460012408699 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -37430796256593 (F2) Unknown 100 253 139222968817808	103% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 176 Mixed 159 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.2 73% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 112GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 2912 (03) Spinup time 93 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3967 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 4476651616 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15047 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3965 (B7) Unknown 1 1 1484 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 83 4295032936 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 72 51 488308764 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 217 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4010 (C2) HDA temperature 28 49 64424509468 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 20 3 2912 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 20 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 9951439240193 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1302363935 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3911638852	38.8% Below average	Read 67.5 Write 67.6 Mixed 67 51% 67.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 0.71 4K Mixed 0.62 108% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C11-4GNT 1302 PSD34G160081 Kingston 99U5584-005.A00LF 1302 PSD34G160081 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.8% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 13.9 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 17.1 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 89.2 45% 89.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 61%

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Gaming 43%

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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	583x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	130x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	84x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	140x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	55x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	52x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	41x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	29x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	48x
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: 62% - Good

Total price: $678

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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