Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80% 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	71.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	15.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140611
Uptime	10.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '21 at 03:36
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 123 2-Core 222 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 544 60% 473 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80% Excellent	Lighting 98 Reflection 106 Parallax 96.1 80% 100 fps	MRender 89.8 Gravity 102 Splatting 100 80% 97.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate SSD 250GB 1,332 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: ST8S1024 SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 173 133 243 225 173 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 452 Write 425 Mixed 253 SusWrite 194 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 75.7 4K Mixed 32.8 124% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 38.1 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 47 44% 66.8 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 104%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 320GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 107 102 109 106 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 125 Write 133 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 103 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 198% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 318GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 120 123 123 122 122 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 96 Write 93.8 Mixed 65 SusWrite 122 69% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 109%
Verbatim STORE N GO 8GB 96 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 3GB free, PID 4123 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.3 2.8 2.8 2.9 2 2.7 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	2.69% Terrible	Read 13 Write 1.8 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 2.6 6% 5.43 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 4% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.69% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 24GB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	53.2% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 16.6 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 16.3 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 63%

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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(Wi-Fi ac) Builds (Compare 987 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 (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	86x

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 $139Bench 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	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: $687

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16