Asus Z97-P

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 66.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	7.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	76.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	28GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 28GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (66%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-P (all builds)
Memory	23.2 GB free of 28 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141009
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 01 '19 at 08:44
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	66%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Memory 79.7 1-Core 97.9 2-Core 154 66% 111 Pts	4-Core 290 8-Core 500 48% 395 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro 4000 8,609 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Nvidia(10DE 0780) 2GB CLim: 475 MHz, MLim: 702 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 353.30 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	7.3% Terrible	Lighting 8.93 Reflection 14.2 Parallax 9.56 7% 10.9 fps	MRender 5.76 Gravity 7 Splatting 12.5 7% 8.41 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.3% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 267 238 240 259 251 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 378 Write 356 Mixed 213 SusWrite 254 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 63.9 4K Mixed 25.2 103% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 159 163% 267 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 86GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 112 114 115 114 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 158 Write 136 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 113 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 101GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 115 115 117 117 117 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 80.5 Write 77.7 Mixed 49 SusWrite 116 59% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 88%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 739GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 127 129 130 129 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 124 Write 118 Mixed 104 SusWrite 129 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 190% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 0215 CMZ32GX3M4A1600C9 0215 CMZ32GX3M4A1600C9 0215 CMZ32GX3M4A1600C9 28GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	47.1% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 15 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 13.8 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 81.1 49% 81.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 47%

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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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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 $300	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