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 (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	95% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '16 at 06:45
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 141 2-Core 281 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 746 74% 606 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4501 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 124GB free Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 718 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 39 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 49 219044380699 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2873508476 (F7) Unknown 100 100 89805920 (F8) Unknown 100 100 9735590 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3530 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	84.6% Excellent	Read 483 Write 333 Mixed 341 85% 386 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 70.4 4K Mixed 26.4 111% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 45.9 90% 186 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 104%
Samsung 840 EVO 250GB (TurboPC EX) 7 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2409 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 590 (B1) Unknown 98 98 22 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 68 58 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 166 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11997688256	95% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 344 Mixed 353 89% 400 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 68.7 4K Mixed 39.3 151% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 64.3 DQ Mixed 73.4 80% 140 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 95%
WDC WD2002FAEX-007BA0 (TurboPC EX) 512GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 51GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 62 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 589 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 160 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 54 197569216537 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1925532311 (F7) Unknown 100 100 60206909 (F8) Unknown 100 100 8226991	105% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 472 Mixed 476 109% 488 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 35 151% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 50 90% 172 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%
WD WD2002FAEX-007BA0 (TurboPC EX) 2TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8316 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 655 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2424 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 539 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 129 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 525 (C2) HDA temperature 116 110 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	78.1% Very good	Read 139 Write 133 Mixed 124 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.26 4K Write 2.91 4K Mixed 0.49 161% 1.55 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 80%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	60.7% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 18.4 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 20.8 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.7% 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	594x
Core i5-4690KIntel $59Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	133x
Core i7-4790Intel $93Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	89x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	142x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	55x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	54x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	41x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	38x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $88Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	29x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	49x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	32x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	28x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $688

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $120
Intel Core i5-12400F $117	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $390	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $85
Intel Core i5-13600K $200	Nvidia RTX 4070 $499	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $393