Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	96.5% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '21 at 13:56
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 262 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 696 72% 581 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250E 10,952 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Sapphire(174B E213) 1GB CLim: 800 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	7.6% Terrible	Lighting 8.7 Reflection 15.6 Parallax 14 7% 12.8 fps	MRender 11.9 Gravity 9.6 Splatting 10.2 9% 10.6 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.6% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 352GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 376 356 365 364 362 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 418 Write 448 Mixed 308 SusWrite 376 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 96.7 4K Mixed 41.4 148% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 180 156% 224 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 107%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 111GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 128 126 123 129 128 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 410 Write 144 Mixed 201 SusWrite 127 49% 221 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 38.4 149% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 158 120% 163 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 82%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 994GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 926GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 32 9.1 8.8 8.8 8.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	26.3% Poor	Read 554 Write 9 Mixed 52 SusWrite 13.5 33% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 12.3 4K Mixed 1.5 10% 5 MB/s	DQ Read 1 DQ Write 14.6 DQ Mixed 1.7 3% 5.77 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 116%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 1TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 284GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 15 18 17 17 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 106 Write 64.8 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 16.9 38% 52.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 89% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 108%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 927GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 128GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 11 12 12 11 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Read 35.5 Write 45.4 Mixed 9.5 SusWrite 11.4 18% 25.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 89% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 2x4GB 1,987 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 25.5 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 25.1 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 47.9 84% 47.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 80%

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

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Typical Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac) Builds (Compare 984 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	41x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16