Asus Z9PE-D8 WS

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.41% 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	172% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Asus Z9PE-D8 WS (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK Z9PE-D8 WS
Memory	48.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150610
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '16 at 14:40
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
1st CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2687W 0 1,646 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Socket-R 2011, 2 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 76.9 1-Core 90.4 2-Core 182 67% 116 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 724 64% 544 Pts	64-Core 1,801 111% 1,801 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740 30,433 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Asus(1043 84D0) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	7.41% Terrible	Lighting 8.77 Reflection 8.15 Parallax 9.12 7% 8.68 fps	MRender 8.52 Gravity 8.4 Splatting 11.3 8% 9.42 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.41% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 351GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 1,216 Write 1,339 Mixed 1,181 279% 1,246 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 86.4 4K Mixed 23.4 125% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 30.4 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 81.7 69% 96 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 283%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 200 170 4958 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1530 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7652 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1262 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 409 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 134 134 199904 (C2) HDA temperature 124 108 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	64.4% Good	Read 117 Write 107 Mixed 101 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.28 110% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 0A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 142 8341 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1761 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9807 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1618 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 672 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 135 135 195001 (C2) HDA temperature 126 111 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	63% Good	Read 113 Write 106 Mixed 68.8 71% 96 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.19 90% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 70GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 7 (03) Spinup time 207 175 4650 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1544 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7860 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1265 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 412 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 138 138 186538 (C2) HDA temperature 125 110 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 298	52.6% Above average	Read 89.9 Write 93.3 Mixed 88 68% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.2 86% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 8x8GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	MC Read 58.9 MC Write 45 MC Mixed 51.5 148% 51.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 4.9 SC Mixed 5.9 21% 7.3 GB/s	Latency 86.5 46% 86.5 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%

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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 89%

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System: Asus Z9PE-D8 WS

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2697 v21stBench 64%, 772 samples	19x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2690 01stBench 68%, 2,388 samples	16x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2670 01stBench 65%, 4,306 samples	15x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	14x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	14x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	10x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	12x
840 Pro 256GBSamsung $190Bench 95%, 73,119 samples	11x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	10x

RAM
M393B1G73QH0-YK 8x8GBSamsungBench 81%, 8 samples	7x
HMT31GR7EFR4C-R 7x8GBHynixBench 91%, 9 samples	7x
9905403-582.A00 8x8GBKingstonBench 85%, 7 samples	6x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $349

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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