Asus Z97-P

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.9% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-P (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140529
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '20 at 23:36
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 114 2-Core 198 80% 136 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 582 60% 483 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.55 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Lighting 79.2 Reflection 79.3 Parallax 69.2 65% 75.9 fps	MRender 72.9 Gravity 72.5 Splatting 75.2 60% 73.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP610 256GB-$100 1,898 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0307A SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 239 284 243 244 238 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 461 Write 286 Mixed 279 SusWrite 250 71% 319 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 36.2 138% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 198 173% 258 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 98%
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TB 46,239 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 141GB free Firmware: M6CR030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 16 16 16 376 335 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	41% Average	Read 445 Write 400 Mixed 385 SusWrite 129 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 14 4K Mixed 0.3 46% 13.1 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 15.2 DQ Mixed 0.3 19% 48.9 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 346GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 161 160 160 161 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 151 Mixed 94.8 SusWrite 159 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1866 2x4GB 1,483 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.7% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 19.6 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 19.5 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 67%

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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 2,957 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	973x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	673x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	320x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	480x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	221x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	219x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	175x
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	114x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16