Asus Z97-P

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

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Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-P (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '16 at 11:35
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 253 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 664 72% 569 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 375.70 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 112 Parallax 95.4 88% 105 fps	MRender 92.1 Gravity 94.8 Splatting 93.8 77% 93.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 489GB free Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 78 68 137440002070 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 7960421 (F7) Unknown 100 100 257094 (F8) Unknown 100 100 73247 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1921 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	82.4% Excellent	Read 461 Write 334 Mixed 335 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 75 4K Mixed 25.9 107% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 46.4 89% 181 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 99%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: JKAOA3NH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 106 (03) Spinup time 144 144 51577160110 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 384 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 36 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 44137 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 370 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 386 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 386 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 227634184219 (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	61.3% Good	Read 103 Write 111 Mixed 109 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.33 88% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 68%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 126GB 369 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 113GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Read 24.1 Write 9.01 Mixed 11.3 16% 14.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.39 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 1.37 122% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	61.4% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.8 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 20.1 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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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Total price: $758

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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