Asus Z97-P

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	118% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-P (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140627
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '17 at 12:38
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 125 2-Core 236 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 657 67% 543 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% PowerColor(148C 2372) CLim: 1330 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 16.12.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.7% Very poor	Lighting 20 Reflection 23.1 Parallax 18.8 16% 20.6 fps	MRender 28.6 Gravity 20 Splatting 26.1 20% 24.9 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1466 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 842 (B1) Unknown 97 97 51 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 47 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 54 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21557834472	118% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 409 Mixed 408 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 48.6 192% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 117 145% 257 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA632 1TB-$112 12,285 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 628GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 95 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 100 95 (03) Spinup time 118 100 25790841154 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 452 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 100 30 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 19337 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 398 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 92 1245607 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 60 405012516 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 452 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 452 (C2) HDA temperature 166 150 171799871524 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	66.8% Good	Read 114 Write 119 Mixed 119 89% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.38 91% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 76%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 34GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 80 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896764085 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2716 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5622 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2479 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3740 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3740 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 227633856546 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	65.1% Good	Read 105 Write 122 Mixed 99.2 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.15 60% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 0423 TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 8GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	57.5% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 16.8 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 17.6 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 58%

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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	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 $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 i5-13600K $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