Asus Z97-P

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-P (all builds)
Memory	20.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150521
Uptime	10.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '22 at 13:44
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 225 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 595 61% 495 Pts	64-Core 591 37% 591 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1755 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 511.65 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.6% Very good	Lighting 99.9 Reflection 109 Parallax 97.2 81% 102 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 97.7 Splatting 88.4 76% 93.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 38 40 39 37 36 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$135 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 124GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 290 307 329 319 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 474 Mixed 444 SusWrite 312 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 49.5 166% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 169 142% 211 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$110 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 241GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 291 307 329 319 298 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 471 Mixed 406 SusWrite 312 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 60 201% 70.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 159 161 162 163 162 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Read 151 Write 112 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 161 82% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2 365% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMV8GX3M1A1600C11 Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 0215 CMV8GX3M1A1600C11 Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 32GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1632, 1632, 1632, 1632 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.1% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 15.8 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 59%

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

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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	977x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	675x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	322x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	483x
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 $94Bench 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 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	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 $40	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