Asus Z9PA-D8 Series

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	51.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	81% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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.

System	Asus Z9PA-D8 Series (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK Z9PA-D8 Series
Memory	120.1 GB free of 128 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150611
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '23 at 14:55
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
1st CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 0 2,388 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Socket-R 2011, 2 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Memory 76.2 1-Core 92.5 2-Core 184 67% 118 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 660 60% 504 Pts	64-Core 1,703 105% 1,703 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$120 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% XFX(1682 C580) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 31.0.12027.9001 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.4% Above average	Lighting 64.1 Reflection 63.8 Parallax 86.8 52% 71.6 fps	MRender 65.6 Gravity 73.5 Splatting 48.3 50% 62.5 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SHGS31-500GS-2 500GB 9,480 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0Q00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 247 179 161 152 156 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 466 Write 370 Mixed 292 SusWrite 211 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 65.4 4K Mixed 33.4 112% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 313 237% 321 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3000NM0023 3TB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 0004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 44 44 44 44 44 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	67% Good	Read 189 Write 43 Mixed 60 SusWrite 43.9 62% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.8 185% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 105%
Seagate ST3000NM0023 3TB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 194GB free Firmware: 0004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 35 35 35 35 35 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 184 Write 44.3 Mixed 58.6 SusWrite 35.2 59% 80.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.9 190% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 105%
Seagate ST3000NM0023 3TB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 44 44 44 44 44 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 188 Write 43.3 Mixed 58.9 SusWrite 44.1 61% 83.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.9 192% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 105%
Seagate ST3000NM0023 3TB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 424GB free Firmware: 0004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 43 44 43 43 44 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 188 Write 44.4 Mixed 59.3 SusWrite 43.3 62% 83.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.9 130% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M393B2G70QH0-CM 8x16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	97.5% Outstanding	MC Read 44.4 MC Write 39.4 MC Mixed 35 113% 39.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 6.8 SC Mixed 7.7 27% 9.53 GB/s	Latency 79 51% 79 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 112%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 20: 0P 1R 3G 6B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
20%	11%	87	201	59	60	21.5"	1280 720	ACR032D Acer V226HQL

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Gaming 54%

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Desktop 70%

Battleship

Workstation 60%

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System: Asus Z9PA-D8 Series

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2670 01stBench 65%, 4,306 samples	18x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2667 v21stBench 74%, 880 samples	7x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2670 01stBench 66%, 741 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	8x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	6x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	5x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	4x
P3-256 256GBBench 69%, 2,367 samples	3x

RAM
M393B1G70BH0-CK 4x8GBSamsungBench 59%, 8 samples	3x
M393B1K70CH0-CH 4x8GBSamsungBench 51%, 15 samples	3x
M393B2G70DB0-YK 2x16GBSamsungBench 42%, 4 samples	2x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $227

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 $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