Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	49% 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	109% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	6.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '18 at 06:00
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 220 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 540 56% 450 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Zotac(19DA 1314) 3GB CLim: 1267 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49% Average	Lighting 60.9 Reflection 58.2 Parallax 75.8 50% 64.9 fps	MRender 69.2 Gravity 66.7 Splatting 45.6 48% 60.5 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 149 45 45 46 46 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 474 Mixed 386 SusWrite 120 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 61.1 211% 76.4 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 251 216% 319 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 126%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 145GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 389 400 423 424 425 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 476 Mixed 394 SusWrite 408 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 63.2 218% 77.9 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 252 217% 319 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 126%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 171 174 158 152 183 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 64 Write 140 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 170 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.7 194% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 118%
Toshiba MK5061GSYN 500GB-$75 5,635 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 228GB free Firmware: MH00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 72 76 76 76 75 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 66.8 Write 74.3 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 74.4 44% 60.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	60.3% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.6 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 19.1 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97-PRO Builds (Compare 625 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	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 $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