Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.9% 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	90.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '20 at 07:12
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 90.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 257 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 694 74% 590 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.9% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 112 Parallax 190 94% 139 fps	MRender 93.9 Gravity 126 Splatting 77.7 79% 99 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ssd2sc48 0G1CS1754D117-53 480GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 285GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS111101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 396 400 403 399 380 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 377 Write 403 Mixed 260 SusWrite 388 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 35.8 127% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 190 169% 252 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 91%
Liteon CV1-8B128-HP 128GB 447 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 103GB free Firmware: V182 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 172 171 172 171 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Read 481 Write 173 Mixed 218 SusWrite 172 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 82.4 4K Mixed 40.9 145% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 171 146% 217 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 92%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 136 136 139 139 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 124 Write 124 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 138 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 83%
WD WD20SPZX-11CRAT0 2TB 18,166 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 969GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 89 86 86 87 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 97.4 Write 80.1 Mixed 41.3 SusWrite 85.9 56% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.7 155% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.6% Below average	MC Read 12.5 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 9.5 32% 11.3 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 12.4 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 63%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

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	132x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	87x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	141x
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 $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	41x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $75Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	29x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	49x
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: 61% - Good

Total price: $688

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16