Asus Z97-P

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.1% 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	111% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z97-P (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140627
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '21 at 01:03
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 103 2-Core 253 82% 149 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 653 69% 552 Pts	64-Core 681 42% 681 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3772) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.1% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 110 Parallax 111 84% 108 fps	MRender 93.4 Gravity 103 Splatting 98.8 81% 98.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 895GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 434 437 442 435 439 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 464 Mixed 354 SusWrite 437 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 46.1 160% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 356 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 121%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 172 173 176 175 180 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 40% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB 4x8GB 840 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 16.1 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.2 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 61%

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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 2,956 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	319x

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	99x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	85x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	159x
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