Asus Z97-P

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	70.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.9% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (24%). 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, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-P (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141208
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '20 at 13:32
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G3460-$49 1,153 User benchmarks, average bench 58% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Memory 89.6 1-Core 102 2-Core 200 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 170 8-Core 201 24% 185 Pts	64-Core 196 12% 196 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Asus(1043 86CE) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Lighting 92.5 Reflection 85.1 Parallax 74.5 75% 84 fps	MRender 68.9 Gravity 78.5 Splatting 75.9 61% 74.4 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 149 20 15 17 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 365 Write 432 Mixed 286 SusWrite 84.1 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 91.8 4K Mixed 43.5 160% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 155 133% 201 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 126%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 381GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 41 41 40 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	22.9% Poor	Read 38.8 Write 38.2 Mixed 34.5 SusWrite 40.6 28% 38 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 57%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 370GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 69 72 71 72 73 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 75.2 Write 72.2 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 71 50% 68 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 2,290 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1373 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.9% Poor	MC Read 8.9 MC Write 9.8 MC Mixed 8.2 26% 8.97 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 8.8 26% 8.93 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28.9% 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 2,943 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	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