Asus Z97-P

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	49.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	84.9% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Very high background CPU (74%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-P (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150521
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '18 at 22:20
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	74%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 78.3 1-Core 108 2-Core 217 75% 134 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 400 54% 403 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.6% Average	Lighting 61.1 Reflection 66.8 Parallax 59.1 50% 62.3 fps	MRender 72.6 Gravity 58.6 Splatting 52.9 49% 61.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Biwin SSD 128GB 1,868 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1126K SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 273 283 235 121 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 455 Write 312 Mixed 210 SusWrite 212 66% 297 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 34.9 137% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 140 140% 225 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 90%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 163 162 163 163 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 161 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 162 98% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 155% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.9 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 18.2 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 83.8 48% 83.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97-P Builds (Compare 2,946 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	969x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	673x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	317x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	477x
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	174x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	99x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	85x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	157x
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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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