Asus Z9PA-D8 Series

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	48.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	56GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 56GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	Asus Z9PA-D8 Series (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK Z9PA-D8 Series
Memory	49.8 GB free of 56 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150611
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 18:20
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
1st CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2670 0 4,306 User benchmarks, average bench 65% Socket-R 2011, 2 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 82.9 2-Core 162 65% 109 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 636 57% 481 Pts	64-Core 1,611 100% 1,611 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 71%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX Titan-$1,088 6,806 User benchmarks, average bench 47% Asus(1043 8451) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (48^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.8% Average	Lighting 56 Reflection 55.8 Parallax 71.7 46% 61.2 fps	MRender 68.8 Gravity 56.2 Splatting 48.2 46% 57.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 50%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8591) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.1% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 147 Parallax 130 87% 128 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 129 Splatting 105 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB-$87 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: X411 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3764 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 227 (A5) Unknown 100 100 253502620934 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (A8) Unknown 100 100 32 (A9) Unknown 100 100 372 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 44 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 46 197569413147 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3586317222723 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5432 (EA) Unknown 100 100 13970 (F1) Unknown 253 253 10933 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7608 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	48.6% Average	Read 255 Write 172 Mixed 110 39% 179 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 30.5 4K Mixed 14.4 71% 23 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 42.6 62% 118 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 107%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 355GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 168 2225 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1343 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4625 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 322 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1282 (C2) HDA temperature 119 97 24 (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	71.9% Very good	Read 127 Write 123 Mixed 145 100% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.75 4K Mixed 0.34 115% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 109%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 230GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 152 141 3375 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1159 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9462 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 799 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 103 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1055 (C2) HDA temperature 117 97 26 (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	63.7% Good	Read 109 Write 113 Mixed 109 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.34 87% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 69%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 92GB free Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 189 166 5550 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2469 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5802 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 985 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 212 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 184 184 48585 (C2) HDA temperature 123 103 27 (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	54% Above average	Read 96.2 Write 92 Mixed 83.8 68% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.18 71% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT31GR7CFR4C-P 7x8GB 7 of 8 slots used 56GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	130% Outstanding	MC Read 64.2 MC Write 47.4 MC Mixed 51.9 156% 54.5 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 4 SC Mixed 4.8 18% 6.27 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns

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Gaming 54%

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Desktop 70%

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Workstation 60%

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System: Asus Z9PA-D8 Series

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2670 01stBench 65%, 4,306 samples	18x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2667 v21stBench 74%, 880 samples	7x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2670 01stBench 66%, 741 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	8x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	6x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	5x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	4x
P3-256 256GBBench 69%, 2,367 samples	3x

RAM
M393B1G70BH0-CK 4x8GBSamsungBench 59%, 8 samples	3x
M393B1K70CH0-CH 4x8GBSamsungBench 51%, 15 samples	3x
M393B2G70DB0-YK 2x16GBSamsungBench 42%, 4 samples	2x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $227

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16