Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '20 at 17:53
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 128 2-Core 232 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 617 64% 514 Pts	64-Core 675 42% 675 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-$275 75,918 User benchmarks, average bench 85% XFX(1682 5705) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.11.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 111 Parallax 209 105% 150 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 118 Splatting 153 107% 127 fps
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Pro 256GB-$90 12,565 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVM0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 131 134 144 178 178 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 369 Write 328 Mixed 317 SusWrite 150 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 66.4 4K Mixed 43.6 141% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 202 152% 204 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 131%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 96GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 246 247 261 298 298 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 482 Mixed 417 SusWrite 263 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 61.6 206% 70.9 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB 7,232 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 79GB free Firmware: 1B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 538 627 632 572 389 389 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	183% Outstanding	Read 741 Write 679 Mixed 691 SusWrite 524 148% 659 MB/s	4K Read 69 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 87.3 282% 93.2 MB/s	DQ Read 777 DQ Write 692 DQ Mixed 950 653% 806 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 183% Great: 389%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 127GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 247 248 271 341 341 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 490 Mixed 464 SusWrite 279 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 62.3 211% 75.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 129%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 108GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 120 117 119 122 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 128 Write 129 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 119 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 215% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 2,134 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	61.2% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 19.7 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 63%

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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 983 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	84x

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 $94Bench 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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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