Asus Z97-P

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.5% 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	81.2% 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	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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-P (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160311
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 11 '22 at 21:19
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 87.1 1-Core 110 2-Core 221 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 580 61% 490 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Sapphire(1DA2 E387) CLim: 1545 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.3.2 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	57.5% Above average	Lighting 72.1 Reflection 70 Parallax 99.4 59% 80.5 fps	MRender 71.5 Gravity 82.3 Splatting 53.8 55% 69.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 208 193 189 186 162 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 480 Write 285 Mixed 254 SusWrite 199 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 65.8 4K Mixed 34.5 113% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 232 198% 294 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 124%
Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$53 30,265 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 119GB free Firmware: E8FK11.R Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 40 39 41 42 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	275% Outstanding	Read 4,370 Write 42.9 Mixed 84.7 SusWrite 40.5 236% 1,135 MB/s	4K Read 240 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 4.1 370% 82.2 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 275% Great: 141%
Kingston DataTraveler 3.0 124GB 9,173 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 3GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 86.7 Write 90.8 Mixed 85.7 114% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 1 75% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 6% Great: 39%
WDC WD32 00AAJS-00B4A0 320GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 126GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 40 41 40 41 40 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	20.5% Poor	Read 37.2 Write 38.6 Mixed 31.4 SusWrite 40.6 51% 37 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 101% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 18.5 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 17.6 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-P - $110

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	975x
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	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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16