Asus Z97-P

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	26.4% 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	85.6% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-P (all builds)
Memory	22 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160311
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '17 at 23:14
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 111 2-Core 208 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 610 60% 494 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 13C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1468 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.4% Poor	Lighting 38 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 36.1 31% 28.5 fps	MRender 34.6 Gravity 15.2 Splatting 17 18% 22.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2520 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 490 (A5) Unknown 100 100 17629398 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 52 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 807 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 56 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 50 214749085733 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 261994840125 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 929 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4408 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3776 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2676 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	85.6% Excellent	Read 494 Write 340 Mixed 317 85% 383 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 67.2 4K Mixed 20.8 112% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 40.3 92% 196 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 108%
Nvme SAMSUNG MZVLV128 128GB 3,203 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 114GB free Firmware: BXV7000Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 387 Write 153 Mixed 226 56% 255 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 25.2 139% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 85.1 110% 204 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 311%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 630GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 156885240 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1681 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 61330476 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7142 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1516 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 34365112402 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 45 622460964 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 432 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15305 (C2) HDA temperature 36 55 38654705700 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 39462159525054 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24021990596 (F2) Unknown 100 253 174934910665	73.2% Very good	Read 141 Write 114 Mixed 140 100% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 0.25 4K Mixed 0.07 28% 0.24 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 3,744 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	59% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.8 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 17.3 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 85%

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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	969x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	672x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	317x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	477x
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	174x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	98x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	85x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	157x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	112x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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