Asus Z97-P

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.9% 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	88.6% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-P (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150521
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '17 at 12:12
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 88 2-Core 183 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 358 48% 358 Pts	64-Core 351 22% 351 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Lighting 45.5 Reflection 51.8 Parallax 55.2 37% 50.8 fps	MRender 49.9 Gravity 40 Splatting 36.3 34% 42.1 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCT-256M3S 2.5 7mm 256GB 2,208 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: VRDC Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3640 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 655663 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 3264 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 571005 (F2) Unknown 100 100 858346	88.6% Excellent	Read 488 Write 358 Mixed 404 93% 417 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 65.5 4K Mixed 34.9 112% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 85.7 114% 208 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 461GB free Firmware: HP51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 236780608 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1581 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 41115142 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5632 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1558 (B4) Unknown 100 100 445380802 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 2 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 71 38 4128018268189 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 288 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 65368 (C2) HDA temperature 29 62 21474836509 (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 200 200 0	88.4% Excellent	Read 155 Write 154 Mixed 148 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.22 95% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 112%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 1,694 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 87GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	26.9% Poor	Read 75.7 Write 67.6 Mixed 38.8 74% 60.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 0.33 4K Mixed 0.2 20% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 44%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 128GB 2,523 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 82GB free, PID a838, Lexar 128GB Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 112 Write 59.9 Mixed 85.1 102% 85.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.11 4K Write 0.83 4K Mixed 0.68 66% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-053.A00LF 16GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	58.4% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 18 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 18.2 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 59%

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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	974x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	673x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	322x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	481x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	222x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	219x

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

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	160x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	114x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16