Asus Z97-P

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	90.1% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z97-P (all builds)
Memory	19.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160311
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '21 at 01:21
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 226 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 726 72% 586 Pts	64-Core 727 45% 727 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 144 Parallax 134 108% 137 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 139 Splatting 120 103% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 603GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 299 381 369 370 369 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 426 Mixed 335 SusWrite 343 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 41.4 152% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 28.2 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 83.5 62% 78.3 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$98 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 211GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 229 80 81 83 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 488 Write 459 Mixed 397 SusWrite 140 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 49.8 172% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 33.4 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 96.3 69% 84.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 121%
Adata SX8200PNP 2TB 22,361 User benchmarks, average bench 287% 2TB free Firmware: 42B7T1KA SusWrite @10s intervals: 625 638 468 594 588 581 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 701 Write 630 Mixed 634 SusWrite 582 143% 637 MB/s	4K Read 53.3 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 69.6 231% 79.6 MB/s	DQ Read 47 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 375 205% 186 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 370%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$120 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 158 164 157 157 159 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 155 Write 150 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 158 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 6 4K Mixed 0.4 201% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 99U5471-054.A00LF 99U5402-052.A00LF 99U5402-052.A00LF 24GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1632, 1632, 1632, 1632 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.9% Above average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 14.6 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 17.6 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 52%

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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	976x
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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	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