Asus Z97I-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32.3% 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	88.5% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97I-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	16.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '17 at 01:51
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 87.5 1-Core 121 2-Core 236 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 647 67% 539 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.3% Below average	Lighting 42.1 Reflection 28 Parallax 52.3 34% 40.8 fps	MRender 27.2 Gravity 41.2 Splatting 35 28% 34.4 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q 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 95 95 20829 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1457 (B1) Unknown 96 96 43 (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 39 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 56 (F1) Unknown 99 99 54243844805	88.5% Excellent	Read 487 Write 334 Mixed 344 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 21.5 126% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 77.2 109% 203 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 126%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 930GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 173 7900 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2745 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20786 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1456 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1359146 (C2) HDA temperature 109 92 43 (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	65.2% Good	Read 119 Write 109 Mixed 96.2 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.23 93% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 87%
ST2000DL 003-9VT166 2TB 65 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 2TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 131 Write 136 Mixed 105 158% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.54 58% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 52%
ST315005 41AS 1.5TB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 564GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Read 91 Write 93.2 Mixed 70.3 108% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 78% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 38%
Kingston FCR-HS219/1 129GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 83GB free, PID 6148 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	9.38% Terrible	Read 19.4 Write 14 Mixed 18.4 22% 17.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.32 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.5 60% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 9.38% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.4% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 16.4 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 61%

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97I-PLUS - $200

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	234x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	104x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	51x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	67x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	64x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	40x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	28x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	21x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	32x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	28x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	28x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $658

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16