Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	121% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '22 at 14:21
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$99 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 93.7 2-Core 183 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 353 47% 352 Pts	64-Core 355 22% 355 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Lighting 70.2 Reflection 74.3 Parallax 65.9 57% 70.1 fps	MRender 67.8 Gravity 67 Splatting 58 52% 64.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$23 12,447 User benchmarks, average bench 163% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: T0918A0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 555 614 603 617 613 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 659 Write 539 Mixed 504 SusWrite 554 127% 564 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 21.2 143% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 513 DQ Mixed 310 270% 394 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 228%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 238GB free Firmware: EXM03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 315 326 327 333 332 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 440 Mixed 344 SusWrite 300 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 58.6 203% 72.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 336 260% 356 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 180 183 185 185 184 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 181 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 174 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 227% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$32 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 137 139 141 140 141 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 152 Write 132 Mixed 97 SusWrite 134 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 213% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF Hynix HMT41GU6BFR8C-PB 16GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.1% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 18.4 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 20.1 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 61%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO - $215

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	332x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	82x
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 $94Bench 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	16x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $857

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16