Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.1% 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	82.8% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150624
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '18 at 07:02
Run Duration	270 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 97.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 231 87% 151 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 650 67% 539 Pts	64-Core 684 42% 684 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.7% 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 3779) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 122 Parallax 105 100% 116 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 107 Splatting 107 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_ CT512M55 512GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 236 162 148 181 123 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Read 380 Write 354 Mixed 217 SusWrite 179 63% 282 MB/s	4K Read 10.7 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 37.6 134% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 233 204% 305 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 112%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 148 145 146 147 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 145 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 146 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 521GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 174 177 177 176 174 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 146 Write 114 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 176 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC9C SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 171 166 167 172 170 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Read 152 Write 15.3 Mixed 33 SusWrite 168 67% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 95% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 113%
Seagate Portable 500GB 3,247 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 80GB free, PID 2300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 42 41 41 41 40 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 39 Write 38.5 Mixed 29 SusWrite 40.5 50% 36.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 70% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 19%
WD My Passport 2TB 10,723 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 56GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 106 105 106 106 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 104 Write 97.9 Mixed 40.3 SusWrite 105 115% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.7% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 27.6 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 26.1 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 46.5 86% 46.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 88%

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Typical Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac) Builds (Compare 981 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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