Asus Z97-P

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.38% 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	97.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-P (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '17 at 17:24
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 246 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 665 68% 548 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 630 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Gigabyte(1458 3622) 1GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	5.38% Terrible	Lighting 6.67 Reflection 7.08 Parallax 7.72 5% 7.15 fps	MRender 4.95 Gravity 7.1 Splatting 7 5% 6.35 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.38% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370 512GB-$173 1,585 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 382GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1317 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 168 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 38 (A3) Unknown 100 100 31 (A4) Unknown 100 100 17006 (A5) Unknown 100 100 45 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 16 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 38 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 4237 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 6 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 128808 (F2) Unknown 100 100 145361 (F5) Unknown 100 100 272096	97.5% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 417 Mixed 454 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 36.9 132% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 69.5 105% 199 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 105%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 233 185 5308 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5472 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9687 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 173 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 190 190 30226 (C2) HDA temperature 119 112 33 (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	79.2% Very good	Read 135 Write 141 Mixed 134 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.21 94% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GB 14,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61.5% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 19.7 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 64%

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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	318x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	479x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	220x
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 $109Bench 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 $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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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