Asus Z9PE-D8 WS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	96.1% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Asus Z9PE-D8 WS (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK Z9PE-D8 WS
Memory	32.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140210
Uptime	7.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '20 at 04:10
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
1st CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 1,377 User benchmarks, average bench 66% Socket-R 2011, 2 CPU, 20 cores, 40 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Memory 73.4 1-Core 76.8 2-Core 154 59% 101 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 666 60% 503 Pts	64-Core 2,016 125% 2,016 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 C752) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.1% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 110 Parallax 125 96% 117 fps	MRender 165 Gravity 106 Splatting 94.1 96% 122 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 453 Write 450 Mixed 333 92% 412 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 59 4K Mixed 42.2 124% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 228 203% 307 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 126%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 9GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 103 98 99 79 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Read 97.3 Write 97.8 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 90 66% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 108%
Seagate BUP Fast HDD 4TB 317 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 334GB free Firmware: 9408 SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 18 18 18 18 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	14.5% Very poor	Read 31 Write 16 Mixed 22.5 SusWrite 17.7 16% 21.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 1.1 251% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 14.5% Great: 118%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 1,355 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1.5TB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 16 16 16 16 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	13% Very poor	Read 30.7 Write 22.8 Mixed 20 SusWrite 16.2 29% 22.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9965433-154.A00 9965433-095.A00 9965433-154.A00 9965433-154.A00 9965433-154.A00 9965433-154.A00 9965433-095.A00 9965433-154.A00 64GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	85.4% Excellent	MC Read 44.6 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 29.7 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 6.4 21% 7.23 GB/s	Latency 93.8 43% 93.8 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 88%

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

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Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 89%

Aircraft carrier

System: Asus Z9PE-D8 WS

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2697 v21stBench 64%, 772 samples	19x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 01stBench 68%, 2,388 samples	16x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2670 01stBench 65%, 4,306 samples	15x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	14x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	14x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	10x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	12x
840 Pro 256GBSamsung $190Bench 95%, 73,119 samples	11x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	10x

RAM
M393B1G73QH0-YK 8x8GBSamsungBench 81%, 8 samples	7x
HMT31GR7EFR4C-R 7x8GBHynixBench 91%, 9 samples	7x
9905403-582.A00 8x8GBKingstonBench 85%, 7 samples	6x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $383

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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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