Asus Z97-P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 127% UFO	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	177% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

High background CPU (23%). 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	21.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '20 at 19:44
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 89.7 1-Core 96.5 2-Core 200 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 336 8-Core 573 55% 454 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$910 424,051 User benchmarks, average bench 187% Zotac(19DA 1612) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	177% Outstanding	Lighting 253 Reflection 228 Parallax 278 206% 253 fps	MRender 297 Gravity 218 Splatting 163 178% 226 fps
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 177% Great: 202%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 128 128 116 139 131 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 92 Write 82 Mixed 62 SusWrite 127 67% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 109%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 2TB 8,475 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 678GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 41 42 42 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	23.5% Poor	Read 39 Write 40.5 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 41.5 29% 39.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 1 210% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	51.4% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.5 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 14.9 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 63%

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

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Typical Z97-P Builds (Compare 2,950 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	971x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	673x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	318x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	479x
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	175x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	99x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	85x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	158x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	113x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $37	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