Asus Z97-P

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.7% 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	113% 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	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-P (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150305
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '20 at 14:03
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 134 2-Core 241 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 694 69% 564 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Asus(1043 0448) 3GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	37.7% Below average	Lighting 49 Reflection 32.4 Parallax 61.5 40% 47.7 fps	MRender 30.7 Gravity 49.9 Splatting 40.3 33% 40.3 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 202 197 202 204 205 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 468 Mixed 369 SusWrite 229 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 59.5 203% 72.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 672GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 102 103 102 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 119 Write 112 Mixed 70 SusWrite 103 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333 C9 3x2GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 3 of 4 slots used 6GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	50.9% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 15.4 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.1 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 51%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	973x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	673x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	320x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	480x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	221x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	219x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	175x
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	114x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16