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

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	13% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	114% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac)/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '18 at 01:16
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 249 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 690 73% 582 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Device(0000 0000) 1GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	13% Very poor	Lighting 15 Reflection 17.5 Parallax 13.3 12% 15.3 fps	MRender 21.1 Gravity 15.1 Splatting 17.5 15% 17.9 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 154 139 138 138 138 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 484 Mixed 377 SusWrite 179 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 62.6 217% 78.5 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 354 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 237GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 76 77 75 76 78 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 71.3 Write 76 Mixed 46 SusWrite 76.5 50% 67.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 166% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 388GB free Firmware: KC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 130 127 126 130 132 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 87.5 Write 91.7 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 129 67% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 88%
ELECOM MF-SU3 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 9GB free, PID 601b Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 21 21 18 20 21 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	28.4% Poor	Read 150 Write 49.5 Mixed 16.2 SusWrite 19.5 59% 58.8 MB/s	4K Read 8.6 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 2.2 110% 3.63 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 26.8 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 24.7 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 85%

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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 $55Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	14x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	25x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	11x
RX 590AMD $80Bench 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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16