Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	184% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '18 at 08:10
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 137 2-Core 268 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 712 73% 587 Pts	64-Core 720 45% 720 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Nvidia(10DE 119D) ≥ 4GB; GALAX GeForce GTX 1070 Ti EX-SNPR WHITE CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2211 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 108 Reflection 143 Parallax 108 88% 120 fps	Gravity 136 Splatting 120 112% 128 fps
Poor: 86% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 303GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 567 578 589 600 595 599 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	184% Outstanding	Read 733 Write 615 Mixed 520 SusWrite 588 138% 614 MB/s	4K Read 59.8 4K Write 180 4K Mixed 77.7 286% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 765 DQ Write 631 DQ Mixed 912 624% 769 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 184% Great: 302%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 360GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 420 414 444 437 417 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 227 Mixed 293 SusWrite 426 80% 361 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 61.7 206% 72.3 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 238 207% 306 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 126%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 345GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 119 119 120 120 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 76 Write 77 Mixed 85 SusWrite 120 66% 89.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 184% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 27.9 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 29 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 45.6 88% 45.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 119%

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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 (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	83x

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 $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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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