Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '19 at 08:36
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 122 2-Core 246 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 536 61% 478 Pts	64-Core 622 38% 622 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4624 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7103 Write 5934 Mixed 6,316 1,438% 6,451 MB/s	4K Read 614 4K Write 357 4K Mixed 425 1,665% 466 MB/s	DQ Read 1,310 DQ Write 780 DQ Mixed 1,084 797% 1,058 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$275 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 243GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 492 492 492 493 492 493 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 491 Mixed 445 SusWrite 492 110% 486 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 63.5 218% 78.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 744GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 127 129 130 130 131 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 120 Write 114 Mixed 75.8 SusWrite 129 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1 209% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 100%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 143GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 78 81 83 83 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 116 Write 115 Mixed 81 SusWrite 81.1 72% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,124 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	59.3% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 17.1 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 18.3 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 62%

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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 $178	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