Asus Z97-P

Performance Results


Gaming 124% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	148% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	154% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-P (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160311
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '23 at 00:26
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 116 2-Core 228 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 602 63% 505 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Asus(1043 87C1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.17 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	148% Outstanding	Lighting 215 Reflection 202 Parallax 193 176% 203 fps	MRender 192 Gravity 154 Splatting 136 128% 160 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$40 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 447 511 405 408 410 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 737 Write 602 Mixed 623 SusWrite 430 134% 598 MB/s	4K Read 53.2 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 65.6 214% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 778 DQ Write 619 DQ Mixed 732 538% 709 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 302%
Patriot P210 2048GB 653 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: SN12429 SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 317 375 394 406 395 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 421 Write 472 Mixed 405 SusWrite 363 94% 415 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 82.6 4K Mixed 35 131% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 216 166% 221 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 104%
WDC WD40 EZAZ-00SF3B0 4TB 136 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 3TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 164 164 165 162 164 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	21.9% Poor	Read 170 Write 161 Mixed 93.7 SusWrite 163 33% 147 MB/s	4K Read 7.2 4K Write 10.7 4K Mixed 1 18% 6.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1.4 DQ Write 13.3 DQ Mixed 1 3% 5.23 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GB 14,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61.7% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18.7 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 20.4 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 64%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	72	60	120	72.3"	1280 720	GSMC0C8 LG TV SSCR2

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-P - $110

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	977x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	673x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	322x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	481x
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 $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	115x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	74x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $758

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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