Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87% 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	77.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140512
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '17 at 17:57
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 259 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 502 65% 488 Pts	64-Core 490 30% 490 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 116 Parallax 99.2 90% 108 fps	MRender 96.9 Gravity 101 Splatting 98.3 81% 98.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507KC4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 107 16956675 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 15341623190148 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2682 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 65 (B1) Unknown 0 0 10 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 36 51541966874 (C2) HDA temperature 26 36 51541966874 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 16956675 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 16956675 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 16956675 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 22283 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11572 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11572 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6782	77.5% Very good	Read 520 Write 167 Mixed 176 62% 288 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 23.3 127% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 52 80% 151 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 87%
Seagate ST3500410AS 500GB 4,621 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 179GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 76065603 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6150 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 48 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 490988158 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22279 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 37 6150 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885557273 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 68 58 555745312 (C2) HDA temperature 32 42 30064771104 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 18 18 76065603 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -66997194811516 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1815769956 (F2) Unknown 100 253 976125009	51.4% Above average	Read 87.2 Write 91.9 Mixed 82.4 66% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.35 86% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 114GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 182214420 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 15123 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 60 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 34071121 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14797 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 37 4729 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 89 89 11 (BE) vendor-specific 69 58 538902559 (C2) HDA temperature 31 42 47244640287 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 21 182214420 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -82746839899274 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1413305722 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1776471249	58.3% Above average	Read 112 Write 91 Mixed 103 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.43 104% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 70%

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 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	61.5% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.2 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 19.2 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 63%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 36%

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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 $109Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $872

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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