Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.5% 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	103% 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.

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

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '16 at 23:36
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 219 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 583 61% 487 Pts	64-Core 595 37% 595 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% MSI(1462 2983) 3GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	54.3% Above average	Lighting 67.6 Reflection 64.4 Parallax 82.5 55% 71.5 fps	MRender 76.4 Gravity 72.5 Splatting 50.1 53% 66.3 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 59%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.5% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 89.5 Parallax 77.2 82% 89.2 fps	MRender 88 Gravity 78.3 Splatting 93 71% 86.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 333GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th 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 1738 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 649 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 66 (A3) Unknown 100 100 25 (A4) Unknown 100 100 157242 (A5) Unknown 100 100 201 (A6) Unknown 100 100 104 (A7) Unknown 100 100 152 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 95 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 441 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 65 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 34494 (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 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1777020 (F2) Unknown 100 100 389711 (F5) Unknown 100 100 2515872	103% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 429 Mixed 465 104% 469 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 39.1 144% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 73.6 112% 209 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 74669456 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2347 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 10368670 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6450 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 643 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 458760 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 59 504823838 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14400 (C2) HDA temperature 30 41 60129542174 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 139573552220793 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7314825870 (F2) Unknown 100 253 404173218186	92% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 150 Mixed 144 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.22 81% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 113%
WD Black 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$60 4,559 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 466GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 165 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12718 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 34837 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 978 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 645 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 221 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 145 145 166184 (C2) HDA temperature 117 83 30 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 90 90 7979 (F1) Unknown 200 200 42647386569 (F2) Unknown 200 200 80414569784 (FE) Unknown 1 1 242	57.6% Above average	Read 103 Write 97.7 Mixed 91.2 73% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.51 127% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	62.3% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 19.7 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 17.6 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 72%

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

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO - $215

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	331x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	81x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	68x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	71x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	45x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	34x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	21x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	18x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	17x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	22x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	19x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	16x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $853

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16