Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	498% 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	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.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	20.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '20 at 19:43
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5775C-$183 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 85% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 131 2-Core 250 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 629 66% 531 Pts	64-Core 683 42% 683 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme INTEL SSDPED1D48 480GB 345 User benchmarks, average bench 407% 398GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0480 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1763 1795 1793 1836 1843 1837 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	498% Outstanding	Read 2260 Write 1,950 Mixed 2,092 SusWrite 1,811 456% 2,028 MB/s	4K Read 245 4K Write 221 4K Mixed 228 780% 231 MB/s	DQ Read 1,351 DQ Write 1,117 DQ Mixed 1211 913% 1,226 MB/s
Poor: 258% ↑ This bench: 498% Great: 527%
Team T253X2001T 1TB 11,283 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 427GB free Firmware: V1.2.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 483 459 463 465 463 463 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 484 Mixed 456 SusWrite 466 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 51.9 191% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 307 227% 297 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 105%
Team T253X1960G 960GB 1,135 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 847GB free Firmware: R0817B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 443 443 442 443 443 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 447 Mixed 389 SusWrite 446 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 28 148% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 37.7 83% 163 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 102%
Intel MEMPEK1J016GAH 14GB 485 User benchmarks, average bench 200% 0GB free Firmware: K4110400 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 712 Write 169 Mixed 269 83% 383 MB/s	4K Read 192 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 129 510% 140 MB/s	DQ Read 730 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 285 253% 397 MB/s
Poor: 132% Great: 252%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 192 190 192 191 193 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 136 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 190 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2400C10-8GTX 0420 F3-2400C10-4GTX 0420 F3-2400C10-8GTX 0420 F3-2400C10-4GTX 24GB 101 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	MC Read 43 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 31.7 100% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 24.3 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 94%

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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	131x
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 $140Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $688

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16