Asus Z97-P

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 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 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	91.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-P (all builds)
Memory	18 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160311
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '19 at 20:34
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^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, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 123 2-Core 240 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 447 58% 436 Pts	64-Core 435 27% 435 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.8% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 147 Parallax 137 113% 141 fps	MRender 58.2 Gravity 59.6 Splatting 65.9 51% 61.2 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 3,701 Write 3,238 Mixed 3,746 796% 3,562 MB/s	4K Read 254 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 137 626% 172 MB/s	DQ Read 537 DQ Write 573 DQ Mixed 643 460% 584 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 628GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 438 422 420 413 426 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 400 Write 315 Mixed 328 SusWrite 410 82% 363 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 81.6 4K Mixed 41.5 137% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 158 145% 217 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 121%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 170 163 164 168 164 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 145 Write 156 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 161 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.7 194% 2 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 99U5471-054.A00LF 99U5402-052.A00LF 99U5402-052.A00LF 24GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.2% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 13.7 44% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 13.8 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 52%

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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	672x
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	98x
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	112x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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