Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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	245% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	29.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '17 at 21:27
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 133 2-Core 232 88% 153 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 697 73% 586 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 145 Parallax 140 116% 143 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 137 Splatting 109 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 512GB-$290 5,772 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 318GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW25L0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1629 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 295 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 10 (AE) Unknown 99 99 15 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1990 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 51 38 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 5576 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1736 (F2) Unknown 99 99 1344	245% Outstanding	Read 2,016 Write 1,356 Mixed 1,608 368% 1,660 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 55.9 212% 79.5 MB/s	DQ Read 409 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 191 195% 318 MB/s
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 241%
Intel 320 Series 80GB-$60 4,402 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 42GB free Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13759 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1727 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1029 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 127 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 281913 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 3018 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 29 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 825582 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 281913 (F2) Unknown 100 100 118163	41.4% Average	Read 260 Write 91.8 Mixed 134 35% 162 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 39.2 4K Mixed 14.5 69% 24.5 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 56.7 DQ Mixed 30 42% 79.8 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 45%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 134228272 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4102 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 37170332 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16188 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 383 (B7) Unknown 1 1 101 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 6 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 57 82160058401 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 98 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 249121 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 -140737488355295 (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 137954349557086 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24000038439 (F2) Unknown 100 253 25715243005	103% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 170 Mixed 161 130% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.35 92% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 735GB free Firmware: SC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 90190240 (03) Spinup time 91 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 895 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 227817718067 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14716 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 738 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 80 80 20 (BE) vendor-specific 69 50 521994271 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 105 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 42775 (C2) HDA temperature 31 50 51539607583 (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 67173288519696 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1845251458943 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4333241485	80.8% Excellent	Read 127 Write 153 Mixed 111 97% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 7.94 4K Mixed 0.59 229% 2.98 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 113%
Hitachi HDS723015BLA642 1.5TB 3,312 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 151GB free Firmware: MN5OA5Q0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 95 0 (02) Throughput performance 131 100 99 (03) Spinup time 136 100 34387263909 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1291 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 135 100 26 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6753 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1014 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 343605379072 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 50 539099170 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1514 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1514 (C2) HDA temperature 176 157 214749216802 (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	38.6% Below average	Read 66.4 Write 68.1 Mixed 56.1 48% 63.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.33 84% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 22.3 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 23.4 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 80%

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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	130x
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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $37	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