Asus Z97-P

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	14.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	57.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (97%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-P (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160311
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '18 at 08:33
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	97%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 97.8 1-Core 77.2 2-Core 219 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 427 50% 389 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250X 12,863 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Asus(1043 300B) 2GB CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1150 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Lighting 19.1 Reflection 17 Parallax 16.7 16% 17.6 fps	MRender 14.2 Gravity 16.5 Splatting 12.5 12% 14.4 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 54 41 40 36 40 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	57.6% Above average	Read 257 Write 209 Mixed 254 SusWrite 63.5 44% 196 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 21.4 108% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 137 136% 214 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 201GB free Firmware: CC3C SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 65 64 69 67 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Read 61.8 Write 65.4 Mixed 35.5 SusWrite 65.3 42% 57 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 116% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 75%
WD My Passport 25E1 2TB 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1.5TB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 111 114 111 113 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	53% Above average	Read 107 Write 108 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 112 132% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.3 155% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	65.4% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 23.2 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 15.4 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 46.9 85% 46.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 73%

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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	969x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	673x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	317x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	477x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	220x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	219x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	174x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	99x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	85x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	157x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	113x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16