Asus Z97-P

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.6% 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	35.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-P (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140529
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '17 at 00:29
Run Duration	300 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 254 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 476 63% 473 Pts	64-Core 484 30% 484 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Asus(1043 042C) 2GB CLim: 860 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	21.2% Poor	Lighting 25.7 Reflection 27.7 Parallax 30.7 21% 28 fps	MRender 24 Gravity 20.4 Splatting 32.2 22% 25.5 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 21%
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 854D) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Lighting 46.4 Reflection 44.8 Parallax 39.5 38% 43.6 fps	MRender 38.6 Gravity 40.2 Splatting 36.2 31% 38.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 37446641 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 -2551210566386 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1504 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 129 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 48 64427655195 (C2) HDA temperature 27 48 64427655195 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 37446641 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 37446641 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 37446641 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9518 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9042 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9042 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15062	35.2% Below average	Read 163 Write 66.6 Mixed 90.3 23% 106 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 64.4 4K Mixed 6.69 73% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 72.4 DQ Mixed 6.26 27% 62.2 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 115%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 15GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5600 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 983 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 58 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 30 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2668502990	90.4% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 404 Mixed 417 99% 443 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 25.7 143% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 43 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 94.9 68% 83.9 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 115%
Kingston SV300S37A120G 2TB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 200671704 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 377 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12141805 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1422 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 253 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 63 504561693 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1091 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 68719476765 (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 -68019397064823 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3476475185 (F2) Unknown 100 253 64221207303	85.5% Excellent	Read 131 Write 166 Mixed 126 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.61 190% 2.15 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 599GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 57174047 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4032 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 8755017929 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10250 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3092 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 36 2255345680413 (C2) HDA temperature 29 64 68719476765 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 26 57174047 (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 -29545080010503 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4076109172 (F2) Unknown 100 253 593873089	62.6% Good	Read 111 Write 107 Mixed 105 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.31 81% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.6 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 19 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 63%

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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	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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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