Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% 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	280% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '18 at 21:34
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 (84^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 119 2-Core 222 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 652 65% 529 Pts	64-Core 648 40% 648 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 201 Parallax 200 149% 195 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 181 Splatting 127 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 216GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1448 1345 1275 1229 1188 1159 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	280% Outstanding	Read 2068 Write 1,630 Mixed 852 SusWrite 1,274 325% 1,456 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 68.3 242% 90.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,124 DQ Write 895 DQ Mixed 925 715% 981 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 280% Great: 353%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 28GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 443 444 444 409 343 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 446 Mixed 306 SusWrite 420 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 48.9 189% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 294 238% 336 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 119%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 208GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 102 103 100 102 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 102 Write 82.7 Mixed 72 SusWrite 102 66% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 114%
Multiple Card Reader 64GB 1,309 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 45GB free, PID 6366 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 17 17 17 17 17 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Read 19.5 Write 16.5 Mixed 16.5 SusWrite 16.7 23% 17.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 4 207% 3.87 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 18.5 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 63%

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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	129x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	83x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	139x
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 $109Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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