Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	169% 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	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 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '17 at 20:44
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 0.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 125 2-Core 236 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 656 66% 538 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4578 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.9.1 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Lighting 95.9 Reflection 83.7 Parallax 142 78% 107 fps	MRender 86.8 Gravity 97.4 Splatting 124 86% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	169% Outstanding	Read 755 Write 553 Mixed 565 138% 624 MB/s	4K Read 66.8 4K Write 174 4K Mixed 47.1 253% 95.8 MB/s	DQ Read 802 DQ Write 559 DQ Mixed 286 320% 549 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 169% Great: 236%
Seagate ST310005 28AS 1TB 6,973 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 606GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 165714843 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2764 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 99 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 384129192 (09) Power-on hours count 46 46 48155 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 4044 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 21475164166 (BD) vendor-specific 77 77 23 (BE) vendor-specific 66 47 572522530 (C2) HDA temperature 34 53 30064771106 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 13 165714843 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 79229261758334 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3016250570 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1851934982	64.2% Good	Read 113 Write 111 Mixed 97.5 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 69%
WD Black 750GB (2008)-$140 11,698 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 117GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 230 217 8466 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4059 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 34 34 48209 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1110 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 480 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3946 (C2) HDA temperature 109 84 41 (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	48.3% Average	Read 93.8 Write 74.1 Mixed 77.7 62% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.54 126% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 65%
Sandisk Ultra Fit 31GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 27GB free Firmware: 1.00 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 146 Write 109 Mixed 123 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 5.67 4K Write 3.29 4K Mixed 1.71 488% 3.56 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 74%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 32GB-$28 4,213 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 24GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	26.9% Poor	Read 35.2 Write 22 Mixed 18.3 29% 25.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.32 4K Write 5.22 4K Mixed 2.29 271% 3.94 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 3,839 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1932 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 22.1 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 23.2 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 50.9 78% 50.9 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 87%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

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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	132x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	86x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	141x
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 $140Bench 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	49x
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: 61% - Good

Total price: $688

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16