Asus Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac)/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	42.9% 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	192% 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 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac)/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150302
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '19 at 09:12
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 133 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 696 76% 601 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.9% Average	Lighting 47.9 Reflection 67.8 Parallax 64.9 39% 60.2 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 61.1 Splatting 54.8 50% 62.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDS100T3XHC-00SJG0 1TB 15,624 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 687GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 645 671 685 689 690 702 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	192% Outstanding	Read 743 Write 711 Mixed 704 SusWrite 680 160% 710 MB/s	4K Read 50.6 4K Write 198 4K Mixed 78.5 282% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 778 DQ Write 744 DQ Mixed 1,068 718% 864 MB/s
Poor: 194% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 334%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 196 198 196 196 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 193 Mixed 100 SusWrite 196 123% 169 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 214% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 930GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 175 175 174 174 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 161 Mixed 106 SusWrite 174 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.6 169% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 110%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 212 212 213 212 212 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 207 Write 237 Mixed 114 SusWrite 212 141% 193 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1.1 410% 3.3 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	63.5% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.2 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 20.9 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 63%

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Gaming 44%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 37%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac)/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	97x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	21x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	14x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	25x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	11x
RX 590AMD $200Bench 57%, 122,060 samples	11x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	7x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	13x
NMUD380D81-1600C 4x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 152 samples	11x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	8x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $591

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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