Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	7.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150624
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '17 at 18:20
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 108 2-Core 214 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 550 61% 481 Pts	64-Core 564 35% 564 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
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%
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Gigabyte(1458 3649) 2GB CLim: 1437 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	20.3% Poor	Lighting 25.6 Reflection 19.3 Parallax 22.6 21% 22.5 fps	MRender 27.3 Gravity 26.7 Splatting 19 19% 24.4 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 960GB-$300 2,857 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 379GB free Firmware: X212T0RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 12562 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1535 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 97 (A8) Unknown 100 100 64 (A9) Unknown 100 100 2137 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 250 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 53 (C2) HDA temperature 73 46 197569019931 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 6 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 16 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6096 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4382 (F2) Unknown 253 253 17030 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	91.4% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 486 Mixed 476 110% 492 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 20.1 130% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 32.7 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 19.2 31% 57.2 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 114%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 243GB free Firmware: EXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9507 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 986 (B1) Unknown 98 98 18 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 71 52 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 97 97 2957 (EB) Unknown 99 99 633 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13746470506	59.4% Above average	Read 366 Write 160 Mixed 207 54% 244 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 39.8 4K Mixed 22 100% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 74.3 DQ Mixed 15.2 38% 82 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 126%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3256 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 734 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 71 62 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12222664234
Poor: 72% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 608GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 52484232 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 780 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3212830 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3224 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 706 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 73 64 454361115 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 88 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10822 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 68719476763 (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 100613903876771 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7432506991 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1348894040	92.3% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 159 Mixed 150 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.22 74% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 2400 2OZ 2x8GB 712 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.5% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 16.8 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 19 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 87%

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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	583x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	129x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	83x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	139x
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