Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	115% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	117% 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	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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '18 at 09:23
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 244 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 458 62% 465 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2602 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 155 Parallax 133 127% 148 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 150 Splatting 118 105% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 SATA M.2 500GB-$258 1,264 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 424 441 452 457 458 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 462 Mixed 344 SusWrite 437 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 49.6 181% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 252 219% 325 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 115%
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB-$145 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 933GB free Firmware: SC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 107 106 107 104 106 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	71% Very good	Read 142 Write 134 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 106 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 142 144 142 146 140 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 137 Write 122 Mixed 85 SusWrite 140 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 114%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 3,591 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 346GB free, PID b207 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 88 44 36 55 24 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 116 Write 153 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 65.2 126% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 6.3 4K Mixed 0.6 238% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	72.3% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 23.4 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 22.5 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 80%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97M-PLUS - $350

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	300x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	172x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	162x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	112x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	76x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	60x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	35x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	26x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	26x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	44x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	31x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	24x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $998

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $45	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