Asus Z97-P

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-P (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160311
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '19 at 08:12
Run Duration	2093 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 219 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 391 55% 405 Pts	64-Core 403 25% 403 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 82%

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: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64% Good	Lighting 80.1 Reflection 81.1 Parallax 70.8 65% 77.3 fps	MRender 73.8 Gravity 74.5 Splatting 76.7 62% 75 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 153 128 171 138 165 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 383 Write 253 Mixed 251 SusWrite 152 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 39.4 150% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 180 141% 196 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 245GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 144 144 146 145 147 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 162 Write 151 Mixed 92.8 SusWrite 145 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 109%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 122 123 123 122 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 144 Write 134 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 123 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 96%
WD My Passport 0837 1TB 3,852 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 491GB free, PID 0837 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 25 25 25 26 26 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 30.5 Write 24.5 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 25.3 34% 25.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 19.3 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 16.9 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 63%

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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	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