Asus Z9PE-D8 WS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	85.4% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Asus Z9PE-D8 WS (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK Z9PE-D8 WS
Memory	22.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, ,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150610
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '18 at 21:10
Run Duration	409 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	17%

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 24 User benchmarks, average bench 64% Socket-R 2011, 2 CPU, 24 cores, 48 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Memory 64.6 1-Core 68.7 2-Core 136 52% 89.8 Pts	4-Core 275 8-Core 576 50% 426 Pts	64-Core 2,296 142% 2,296 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 68%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8227 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 386 (B1) Unknown 98 1 65 (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 49 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 107 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27288686836	85.4% Excellent	Read 522 Write 392 Mixed 451 101% 455 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 51.8 4K Mixed 33.1 112% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 53.6 60% 102 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 124%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 118138552 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1390 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 4330974171 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9743 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 677 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065667 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 64 53 4951310372 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 416 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 526773 (C2) HDA temperature 36 47 -140737488355292 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 94880122543334 (F1) Unknown 100 253 34886921178 (F2) Unknown 100 253 39569614391	80.9% Excellent	Read 142 Write 140 Mixed 134 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.19 72% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 96%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$86 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 174 8016 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8936 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7991 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 157 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 65 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 17557 (C2) HDA temperature 117 106 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	87.1% Excellent	Read 161 Write 143 Mixed 142 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.22 100% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 100%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 99 12590864 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1488 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 48 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 8601631114 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9724 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 685 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 64 51 4934205476 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 420 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 535584 (C2) HDA temperature 36 49 -140737488355292 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -139470472995663 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19801602690 (F2) Unknown 100 253 41400134243	80.4% Excellent	Read 145 Write 135 Mixed 133 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.17 61% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 96%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$68 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 724GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 163 5633 (04) Start/Stop count 74 74 26652 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 37044 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 698 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 332 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 128 128 217923 (C2) HDA temperature 115 102 35 (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	62.5% Good	Read 112 Write 105 Mixed 102 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.17 80% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 67%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 553GB free Firmware: 0A83 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 129 129 124 (03) Spinup time 141 141 38684852698 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 293 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7617 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 198 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1522 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1522 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 236224446507 (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	72.9% Very good	Read 133 Write 122 Mixed 143 100% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.34 80% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 97%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 0GB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 144 144 38684656072 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 756 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7634 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 200 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2114 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2114 (C2) HDA temperature 133 133 236224446509 (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	99% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 169 Mixed 166 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.48 131% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 349 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 17.4 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 3 SC Mixed 4.4 17% 6.03 GB/s	Latency 115 35% 115 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 125%

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Gaming 68%

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Desktop 71%

Battleship

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 $283Bench 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 $79Bench 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: 69% - Good

Total price: $378

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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