Asus Z9PA-D8 Series

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27.6% 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	103% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Asus Z9PA-D8 Series (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK Z9PA-D8 Series
Memory	29.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '18 at 21:51
Run Duration	85 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing below expectations (34^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 E5-2680 0 1,642 User benchmarks, average bench 67% Socket-R 2011, 2 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Memory 58 1-Core 92.4 2-Core 184 61% 112 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 657 59% 498 Pts	64-Core 1678 104% 1678 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% PwrHis(1787 201C) 2GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.6% Poor	Lighting 35 Reflection 31.3 Parallax 42.7 28% 36.3 fps	MRender 27.3 Gravity 29.5 Splatting 35.7 26% 30.8 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 28%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 304 Write 924 Mixed 466 129% 565 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 74.7 4K Mixed 21 107% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 28.3 DQ Write 85.8 DQ Mixed 20 26% 44.7 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 243%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata 8x4GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 25.7 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 7.7 26% 9.1 GB/s	Latency 134 30% 134 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 92%

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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 54%

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Desktop 70%

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Workstation 60%

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System: Asus Z9PA-D8 Series

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2670 01stBench 65%, 4,306 samples	18x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2667 v21stBench 74%, 880 samples	7x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2670 01stBench 66%, 741 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	8x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	6x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	5x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	4x
P3-256 256GBBench 69%, 2,367 samples	3x

RAM
M393B1G70BH0-CK 4x8GBSamsungBench 59%, 8 samples	3x
M393B1K70CH0-CH 4x8GBSamsungBench 51%, 15 samples	3x
M393B2G70DB0-YK 2x16GBSamsungBench 42%, 4 samples	2x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $241

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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