Asus Z97-P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160311
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '18 at 16:14
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	60%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670-$52 49,019 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 89.7 1-Core 104 2-Core 206 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 389 50% 378 Pts	64-Core 386 24% 386 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2506 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Lighting 81.2 Reflection 79.3 Parallax 70.3 66% 76.9 fps	MRender 83.4 Gravity 73.4 Splatting 72.3 62% 76.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate ST31000340NS 250GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 160 149 142 130 132 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 468 Write 474 Mixed 379 SusWrite 176 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 60.3 198% 72.2 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 354 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 85% Great: 121%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$43 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 232GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 69 70 70 70 70 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 129 Write 124 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 70.1 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 70%
Seagate ST31000340NS 1TB-$95 7,250 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 212GB free Firmware: NA06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 62 62 62 63 62 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 80.2 Write 79.3 Mixed 44.3 SusWrite 61.9 49% 66.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 60%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 10GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 69 67 67 68 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 57.2 Write 72 Mixed 60 SusWrite 67.4 48% 64.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.8 215% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 66%
Maxtor Basics Desktop 500GB 444 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 151GB free, PID 7410 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 43 42 42 42 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 38.8 Write 38.5 Mixed 26 SusWrite 42.1 49% 36.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 59% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 6,123 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 16.6 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 14.8 44% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 61%

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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	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 $295	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