Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	53.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	96.1% 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 (15%). 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, 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, 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, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151204
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '17 at 22:33
Run Duration	316 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	15%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 133 2-Core 262 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 686 73% 582 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.4% Above average	Lighting 65.7 Reflection 61.4 Parallax 50.4 54% 59.2 fps	MRender 75.3 Gravity 65.9 Splatting 57.5 53% 66.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 169GB free Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1971 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1547 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 20 (AE) Unknown 99 99 47 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 994 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 31 42 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 5240 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2333 (F2) Unknown 99 99 3248	186% Outstanding	Read 1,396 Write 1,205 Mixed 1,297 290% 1,299 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 23.4 164% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 38.5 DQ Write 372 DQ Mixed 25.6 73% 145 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 186% Great: 220%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 652 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 221 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (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 65 57 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 25 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2075922775	96.1% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 489 Mixed 499 112% 501 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 24.5 146% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 28.1 DQ Write 99.7 DQ Mixed 18.2 27% 48.7 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 886GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 41565688 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 717 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 45303065 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1849 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 619 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 55 554893343 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3876 (C2) HDA temperature 31 45 55834574879 (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 -32285269162549 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6993583247 (F2) Unknown 100 253 68719441902	103% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 172 Mixed 170 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.21 96% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%
Kingston DataTraveler G3 4GB 1,443 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 1643 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	6.51% Terrible	Read 20.8 Write 5.52 Mixed 7.29 11% 11.2 MB/s	4K Read 8.99 4K Write 0.06 4K Mixed 0.05 37% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 6.51% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 26.7 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 26.5 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 49 82% 49 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 86%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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 $109Bench 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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Total price: $998

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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