Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 150% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 123% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	172% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	154% 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	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

21 months ago, 21 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '22 at 02:41
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 97.1 1-Core 125 2-Core 243 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 617 65% 523 Pts	64-Core 626 39% 626 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6800-XT-$650 20,197 User benchmarks, average bench 171% Asus(1043 04F2) ≥ 4GB Ram: 16GB, Driver: 22.6.1 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	172% Outstanding	Lighting 208 Reflection 239 Parallax 412 169% 286 fps	MRender 368 Gravity 161 Splatting 307 229% 279 fps
Poor: 165% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 178%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$94 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 576GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 564 619 590 572 583 594 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 536 Write 545 Mixed 545 SusWrite 587 125% 553 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 69.1 209% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 760 DQ Write 632 DQ Mixed 792 567% 728 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 365%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 389GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 106 108 106 108 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 121 Write 117 Mixed 74.3 SusWrite 107 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 109%
WD Elements 25A3 10TB 3,723 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 29 28 28 29 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	27.5% Poor	Read 34 Write 28.2 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 28.4 38% 29 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.3 227% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 95%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 3TB 445 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 568GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 90 91 91 91 91 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 119 Write 115 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 90.8 121% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.5% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 26.6 85% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 24.3 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 85%

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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 $90Bench 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 $269	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 $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