Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (12th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 88 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.36% 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	112% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '19 at 21:05
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	76%

PC Performing way below expectations (12^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Memory 80.6 1-Core 83.9 2-Core 194 68% 120 Pts	4-Core 322 8-Core 517 51% 419 Pts	64-Core 483 30% 483 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 70.1% 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. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Gigabyte(1458 3555) 2GB CLim: 1110 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	8.36% Terrible	Lighting 8.9 Reflection 10 Parallax 11.6 7% 10.2 fps	MRender 11.8 Gravity 12.8 Splatting 13.6 10% 12.7 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.36% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 209GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 728 777 711 625 836 643 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 800 Write 761 Mixed 577 SusWrite 720 161% 714 MB/s	4K Read 13.2 4K Write 39.5 4K Mixed 23.3 71% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 301 224% 301 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 393%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 474GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 141 138 129 165 158 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	48.6% Average	Read 194 Write 197 Mixed 158 SusWrite 145 39% 174 MB/s	4K Read 12.3 4K Write 41.3 4K Mixed 17.7 63% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 277 208% 279 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 121%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 53GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 140 137 123 163 152 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	41.4% Average	Read 156 Write 118 Mixed 134 SusWrite 141 31% 137 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 31.1 4K Mixed 10.8 54% 19.2 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 103 113% 194 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 116%
Jetdrive Transcend 251GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 136GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 183 174 152 186 185 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	30.4% Below average	Read 199 Write 182 Mixed 124 SusWrite 175 38% 170 MB/s	4K Read 7.5 4K Write 13.2 4K Mixed 7.6 28% 9.43 MB/s	DQ Read 65.6 DQ Write 74.6 DQ Mixed 67.5 52% 69.2 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 65%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 637GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 83 82 77 84 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 81 Write 82.4 Mixed 66.2 SusWrite 81.2 58% 77.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.6 134% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 99%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1TB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 69 67 61 70 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 52.4 Write 52.7 Mixed 48.7 SusWrite 66.3 41% 55 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 109% 1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 60%
Amd-raid WDC WDS240G2G0B- 240GB 3,926 User benchmarks, average bench 115% 12GB free Firmware: UJ450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 111 99 42 31 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 158 Write 142 Mixed 101 SusWrite 70.8 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 7.6 4K Mixed 4.7 859% 5.67 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 166%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 60 66 63 76 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 63.5 Write 60.2 Mixed 52 SusWrite 67.4 45% 60.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 107 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	45.8% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 14.5 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 11.9 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 79.5 50% 79.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 64%

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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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16