Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38.8% 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	69.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '20 at 11:17
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 84.9 1-Core 122 2-Core 230 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 588 63% 501 Pts	64-Core 688 43% 688 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Gigabyte(1458 3001) CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 20.10.00.17 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	Lighting 51.9 Reflection 31.3 Parallax 63.4 42% 48.9 fps	MRender 30 Gravity 48.2 Splatting 38.8 32% 39 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SN8U-256G-1006 256GB 12,432 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4120006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 192 184 193 191 192 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 434 Write 290 Mixed 259 SusWrite 190 65% 293 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 45.3 4K Mixed 30.2 91% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 214 174% 249 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 92%
CT500MX500SSD4 500GB 44,418 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 405GB free Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 311 296 317 319 315 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 287 Write 296 Mixed 303 SusWrite 308 68% 299 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 46.4 4K Mixed 31.9 104% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 168 132% 184 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.5% Average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 13.4 42% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 13.8 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 51%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 983 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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 $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 $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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16