Asus Z97-P

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89.6% 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 10 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 (12%). 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	5.1 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 23:40
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 115 2-Core 230 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 601 58% 480 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.2% 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)	62.8% Good	Lighting 79.5 Reflection 79 Parallax 69.2 65% 75.9 fps	MRender 73.1 Gravity 72.6 Splatting 71 59% 72.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.8% 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: 274 284 281 283 285 227 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Read 457 Write 286 Mixed 287 SusWrite 272 73% 325 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 37.3 136% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 198 173% 256 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 98%
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TB 46,239 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 141GB free Firmware: M6CR030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 234 409 417 419 396 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 433 Write 15.3 Mixed 14 SusWrite 315 42% 194 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 12 4K Mixed 0.2 49% 13.4 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 14 DQ Mixed 0.2 24% 62.3 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 346GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 160 157 157 158 156 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 125 Mixed 97 SusWrite 158 104% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 246% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.4% 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 (95^th percentile)	65.5% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 19.7 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 20.1 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 65.5% 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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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-P - $110

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	977x
Core i5-4690KIntel $55Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	674x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	322x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	482x
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 $85Bench 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 $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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