Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	101% 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	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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	7.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '19 at 16:12
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 230 87% 151 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 600 62% 501 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.1% Very good	Lighting 97.3 Reflection 96.2 Parallax 87.2 79% 93.6 fps	MRender 88.9 Gravity 93.8 Splatting 93.7 76% 92.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 131 130 123 130 121 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 416 Mixed 364 SusWrite 160 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 49.8 186% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 356 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 115%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 33GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 365 424 429 435 437 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 464 Mixed 388 SusWrite 407 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 55.9 195% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 355 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 0GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 450 Write 444 Mixed 355 93% 417 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 58.5 191% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 358GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 117 118 116 116 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 109 Write 152 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 116 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 320% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 0GB free Firmware: CC25 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 160 Write 114 Mixed 74 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 98% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 16GB 124 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1867, 1333, 1333, 1867 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 20.4 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 73%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac) Builds (Compare 982 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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