Asus Z97-PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	28.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	87.1% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 23 '16 at 19:25
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 131 2-Core 252 91% 160 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 618 69% 544 Pts	64-Core 681 42% 681 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 841F) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5362 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	28.5% Poor	Lighting 35.9 Reflection 33 Parallax 41 29% 36.6 fps	MRender 40.8 Gravity 33 Splatting 28.1 27% 34 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 91GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 818 Write 208 Mixed 280 94% 435 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 18.3 120% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 92.5 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 40.3 63% 115 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 90%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 149GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 35GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 413 Write 168 Mixed 260 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 18.6 4K Mixed 15.3 61% 18.3 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 47.7 DQ Mixed 30 38% 71.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 64%
WD WD30EZRX-00DC0B0 3TB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 281GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 179 5816 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8886 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11971 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 973 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 279 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 121 121 238402 (C2) HDA temperature 118 106 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	76% Very good	Read 141 Write 123 Mixed 119 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.25 96% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 83%
WD WD15EARS-00MVWB0 1.5TB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 114GB free Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 165 160 6750 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8881 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18829 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1985 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 220 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 131 131 209468 (C2) HDA temperature 116 107 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	33.2% Below average	Read 58.9 Write 57 Mixed 54.6 43% 56.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.17 47% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x4GB 3,657 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	79.5% Very good	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 23.8 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 23.7 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 48.1 83% 48.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 83%

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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	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 $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	15x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $857

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) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16