Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	110% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140512
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '17 at 18:09
Run Duration	323 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 689 69% 563 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 489GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^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 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 22 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 70 128850133019 (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 53533252 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1722538 (F8) Unknown 100 100 194239 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1923 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	73.1% Very good	Read 470 Write 336 Mixed 339 85% 382 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 88.8 4K Mixed 13.6 98% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 23.3 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 41.1 56% 94.6 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 99%
OCZ Vector 150 240GB-$246 1,607 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3855 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1833 (AB) Unknown 80 80 81853264 (AE) Unknown 100 100 16 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 204 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 94 94 94 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9972 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7940 (F9) Unknown 100 100 528054306	110% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 481 Mixed 505 111% 496 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 33.3 148% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 19.8 107% 244 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%
Intel Raid 5 Volume 4TB 781 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 268 Write 24.8 Mixed 32.2 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.18 37% 0.25 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 160%
WD My Book 1130 2TB 1,666 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 109GB free, PID 1130 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	24.1% Poor	Read 49.9 Write 51.1 Mixed 42.9 61% 47.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.17 70% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 48%
USB DISK 3.0 64GB 579 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 9GB free, PID 9917 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	7.92% Terrible	Read 35.8 Write 5.96 Mixed 9.14 16% 17 MB/s	4K Read 5.94 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.02 23% 1.99 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.92% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C8 4x4GB 1,004 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	60.7% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 18.8 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20.7 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 70%

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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	330x
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 $109Bench 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	15x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $872

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