Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	9.38% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	227% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 23 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 21 '22 at 19:24
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 241 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 663 70% 560 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% EVGA(3842 2652) 1GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 473.47 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	9.38% Terrible	Lighting 10.5 Reflection 15.8 Parallax 13.5 9% 13.3 fps	MRender 15.2 Gravity 13.6 Splatting 12.1 11% 13.6 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.38% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 385GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 842 419 423 424 423 425 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 1,550 Write 1,614 Mixed 1,246 SusWrite 493 275% 1,226 MB/s	4K Read 54.3 4K Write 205 4K Mixed 82.4 296% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 1,210 DQ Write 740 DQ Mixed 976 727% 975 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 237%
WD WD10SPZX-00HKTT0 1TB 294,991 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 303GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 74 74 73 77 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 78.1 Write 73.7 Mixed 58.1 SusWrite 75.1 53% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.3 144% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 79%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 466GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 129 131 131 131 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 121 Write 115 Mixed 65.8 SusWrite 129 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 25.4 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 26.5 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 80%

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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 Builds (Compare 625 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 - $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 $94Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $857

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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