Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76.3% 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	70% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '16 at 22:30
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 131 2-Core 257 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 488 67% 499 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6175 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.3% Very good	Lighting 97.9 Reflection 100 Parallax 91.4 80% 96.6 fps	MRender 86.2 Gravity 87.9 Splatting 82.3 70% 85.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1520 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 274 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 67 (A3) Unknown 100 100 24 (A4) Unknown 100 100 79677 (A5) Unknown 100 100 129 (A6) Unknown 100 100 29 (A7) Unknown 100 100 76 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 243 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 49737 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 183058 (F2) Unknown 100 100 149955 (F5) Unknown 100 100 637416	70% Good	Read 366 Write 345 Mixed 329 77% 347 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 43.4 4K Mixed 26.4 90% 30.6 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 75.5 DQ Mixed 25 49% 103 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 103%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 454GB free Firmware: 2AR10002 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 50 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 56 3462 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6005 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12617 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 637 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3726 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2665 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 30 304943464472 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 6880 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 637 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 54283	38.7% Below average	Read 64.7 Write 70.3 Mixed 51 46% 62 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.22 57% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 59%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 216GB free Firmware: 0005HPM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 99 13865639 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5770 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 141621506 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10165 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2903 (B7) Unknown 100 253 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098536 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 53 421003289 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 175 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 41 41 119596 (C2) HDA temperature 25 47 -14070312861671 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 39 13865639 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	42.5% Average	Read 74.3 Write 73.7 Mixed 72.2 55% 73.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.38 83% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 1866 C8 1x8GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1904 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	41.4% Average	MC Read 12.6 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 12.3 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 13.2 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 49.7 80% 49.7 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 41%

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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	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 $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 $178	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