Asus Z97-P

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	95.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-P (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2048 x 1152 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150408
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '20 at 11:18
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	76%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 218 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 588 64% 509 Pts	64-Core 589 36% 589 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8520) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Lighting 46.2 Reflection 45.5 Parallax 40.1 38% 43.9 fps	MRender 40.9 Gravity 41 Splatting 36.7 32% 39.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 333 360 362 340 361 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 361 Mixed 322 SusWrite 333 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 41.3 137% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 193 174% 261 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 103%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$86 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 127GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 400 437 418 379 400 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 434 Mixed 399 SusWrite 385 95% 420 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 53.9 181% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 298 242% 342 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 125%
WDC WD80EFAX-68KNBN0 8TB 1,186 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 2.5TB free Firmware: 81.00A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 121 124 124 125 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	15.2% Very poor	Read 120 Write 118 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 123 25% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 10.5 4K Mixed 1.6 10% 4.43 MB/s	DQ Read 0.9 DQ Write 5.7 DQ Mixed 3 2% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 23%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 211GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 103 100 104 102 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	51% Above average	Read 75 Write 79 Mixed 65 SusWrite 102 59% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 181% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 2x8GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	69.6% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 22 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 22.6 58% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 70%

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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	976x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	673x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	322x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	481x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	222x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	219x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	176x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	100x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	85x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	160x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	115x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	74x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $758

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16