Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


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 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.4% 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	137% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '19 at 10:05
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	18%

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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 0.8 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 82.7 1-Core 125 2-Core 251 84% 153 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 660 69% 555 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 112 Parallax 93 87% 104 fps	MRender 93.1 Gravity 97.8 Splatting 98.4 79% 96.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$60 15,626 User benchmarks, average bench 216% 237GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 488 539 553 558 557 559 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 613 Write 552 Mixed 552 SusWrite 542 127% 565 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 92.1 4K Mixed 46.8 163% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 773 DQ Write 539 DQ Mixed 724 522% 679 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 333%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 64GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 91 84 100 96 100 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 178 Write 122 Mixed 114 SusWrite 95.8 28% 128 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 68.2 4K Mixed 23 95% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 114 90% 125 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 61%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 170 181 176 181 182 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 63% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 32GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.3% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 14.4 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 16.8 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 75.7 53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 62%

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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