Asus Z97-P

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	33.8% 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	64.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus Z97-P (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141208
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '17 at 20:41
Run Duration	247 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Memory 69.3 1-Core 88.6 2-Core 150 60% 103 Pts	4-Core 187 8-Core 310 30% 248 Pts	64-Core 324 20% 324 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 72%

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. 20.19.15.4624 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.34% Terrible	Lighting 3.43 Reflection 5.85 Parallax 5.62 3% 4.97 fps	MRender 6.81 Gravity 2.23 Splatting 6.7 4% 5.25 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.34% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	33.8% Below average	Lighting 45.1 Reflection 42.4 Parallax 37.9 37% 41.8 fps	MRender 29.5 Gravity 38.4 Splatting 34.6 28% 34.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 14880 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1223 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 25 (A8) Unknown 100 100 488 (A9) Unknown 100 100 170 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 355 (AE) Unknown 100 100 161 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 54 55 236224118830 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2899 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 46102 (F1) Unknown 253 253 14231 (F2) Unknown 253 253 24358 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	64.7% Good	Read 392 Write 247 Mixed 305 70% 315 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 65.6 4K Mixed 18.8 98% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 28.9 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 13.3 39% 77.4 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 91%
Seagate ST3120827AS 120GB-$38 1,818 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 24GB free Firmware: 3.42 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 54 47 68869913 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10328 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 229954376 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 33095 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3796 (C2) HDA temperature 45 51 34359738413 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 54 46 68869913 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	23% Poor	Read 48.5 Write 31.5 Mixed 40.8 30% 40.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.32 77% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 32%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$22 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 19GB free Firmware: 05.06H05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 158 156 3058 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10100 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 28001 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2253 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 333 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10168 (C2) HDA temperature 94 88 49 (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 200 197 518 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	28% Poor	Read 53.5 Write 43.8 Mixed 54.3 38% 50.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.32 83% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 59%
Seagate ST3300831AS 300GB 1,245 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 3GB free Firmware: 3.02 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 52 46 182421276 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5591 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 65178419 (09) Power-on hours count 42 42 51571 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1351 (C2) HDA temperature 53 61 73014444085 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 52 46 182421276 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	25% Poor	Read 46.4 Write 40.5 Mixed 41.7 32% 42.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.79 4K Mixed 0.28 60% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905595-005.A00LF 9905403-006.A01LF 9905595-005.A00LF 9905403-006.A01LF 8GB 1088, 1088, 1088, 1088 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38% Below average	MC Read 12.7 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 12.9 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 11.3 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns

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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	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 $45Bench 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 $178	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