Asus Z97-P

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77% 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	62.3% 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.

High background CPU (22%). 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-P (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '19 at 06:35
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing below expectations (34^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 113 2-Core 211 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 571 59% 475 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 87%

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. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.82% Terrible	Lighting 4 Reflection 6.5 Parallax 6.25 3% 5.58 fps	MRender 7.76 Gravity 2.47 Splatting 7.39 5% 5.87 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.82% Great: 3%
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FC1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77% Very good	Lighting 96.7 Reflection 92.9 Parallax 102 79% 97.2 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 92.4 Splatting 69.6 74% 93 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 480GB 16,522 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 176 92 62 53 88 MB/s Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	62.3% Good	Read 186 Write 221 Mixed 159 SusWrite 108 38% 169 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 66.5 4K Mixed 31.2 120% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 192 164% 239 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 138GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 160 158 157 148 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 127 Write 101 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 143 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS4G3D169DS3.16FE 1315 BLS4G3D169DS3.16FE 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.9% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 17.2 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 14.5 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 63%

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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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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-P - $110

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	971x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	673x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	319x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	480x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	221x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	219x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	175x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	99x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	85x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	158x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	113x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	74x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $758

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16