Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	115% 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	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	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '18 at 23:54
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 723 73% 590 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 6775) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2177 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 153 Parallax 130 120% 143 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 137 Splatting 114 98% 119 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 201GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14801 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3795 (B1) Unknown 88 88 414 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 40 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1290 (F1) Unknown 99 99 203006193271	106% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 466 Mixed 512 110% 490 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 28.2 148% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 80 126% 241 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 116%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10947 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2809 (B1) Unknown 97 97 137 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 62 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 335 (EB) Unknown 99 99 849 (F1) Unknown 99 99 72222807327	115% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 452 Mixed 507 110% 494 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 46.4 172% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 156 160% 260 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 82 (03) Spinup time 125 125 51579912808 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 933 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2450 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 933 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 8253 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 8253 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 188979544099 (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	92% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 152 Mixed 161 121% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.25 110% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 193959240 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4715 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 38680154692 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16727 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3997 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 55 21996306463 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1381 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 22 22 157222 (C2) HDA temperature 31 45 -140737488355297 (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 88996017351997 (F1) Unknown 100 253 42980348103 (F2) Unknown 100 253 88456007642	84.7% Excellent	Read 158 Write 137 Mixed 137 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.3 87% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 803GB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 198742096 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5278 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 43 42 11596467672273 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17985 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4327 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180196876 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 51 4833214495 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1430 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 8 8 185837 (C2) HDA temperature 31 49 -140737488355297 (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 -91517163130999 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -127943957224719 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -135832203010644	81.6% Excellent	Read 152 Write 132 Mixed 131 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.42 109% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 18.1 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 19.8 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 61%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

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	129x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	83x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	139x
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 $109Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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