Asus Z9PA-D8 Series

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 72.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	54.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	Asus Z9PA-D8 Series (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK Z9PA-D8 Series
Memory	57.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140107
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '20 at 20:06
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 0 1,642 User benchmarks, average bench 67% Socket-R 2011, 2 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Memory 83.2 1-Core 90.7 2-Core 160 66% 111 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 651 59% 494 Pts	64-Core 1,649 102% 1,649 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1543 MHz, MLim: 1955 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.4% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 110 Parallax 107 83% 106 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 95.2 Splatting 90.6 76% 93.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
C400-MTFDDAK256M 256GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 224 218 153 210 209 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 458 Write 262 Mixed 274 SusWrite 204 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 36.9 4K Mixed 13.6 63% 22.5 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 23.7 43% 84.7 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 74%
IBM 1.20TB High IOPS MLC Mono Adapter 243GB free Firmware: 7.1.17 rev 116786 Public SusWrite @10s intervals: 781 759 747 744 752 751 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Fusion-io ioDrive2 1.205TB 663GB free Firmware: 7.1.17 rev 116786 Public SusWrite @10s intervals: 808 795 784 779 783 782 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Seagate Expansion 4TB 22,017 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3TB free Firmware: 0710 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 124 126 128 121 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 108 Write 116 Mixed 77 SusWrite 123 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.8 193% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 164 169 170 170 170 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 124 Write 157 Mixed 127 SusWrite 168 107% 144 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.7 385% 3.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT31GR7AFR4C-H 8x8GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	85.9% Excellent	MC Read 39.1 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 30.9 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 6.7 24% 8.43 GB/s	Latency 74.8 53% 74.8 ns
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 87%

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

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Gaming 54%

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Desktop 70%

Battleship

Workstation 60%

Destroyer

System: Asus Z9PA-D8 Series

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2670 01stBench 65%, 4,306 samples	18x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2667 v21stBench 74%, 880 samples	7x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2670 01stBench 66%, 741 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	8x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	6x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	5x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	4x
P3-256 256GBBench 69%, 2,367 samples	3x

RAM
M393B1G70BH0-CK 4x8GBSamsungBench 59%, 8 samples	3x
M393B1K70CH0-CH 4x8GBSamsungBench 51%, 15 samples	3x
M393B2G70DB0-YK 2x16GBSamsungBench 42%, 4 samples	2x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $227

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 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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