Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics106% 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 Drive74% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
MotherboardAsus Z97M-PLUS  (all builds)
Memory14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20141208
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJul 24 '17 at 21:42
Run Duration122 Seconds
Run User FIN-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing as expected (59th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770-$75
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
83.3% Excellent
Memory 93.5
1-Core 118
2-Core 224
83% 145 Pts
4-Core 394
8-Core 618
62% 506 Pts
64-Core 619
38% 619 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 83.3%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
106% Outstanding
Lighting 140
Reflection 146
Parallax 128
114% 138 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 134
Splatting 108
96% 119 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 106%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB
318GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
74% Very good
Read 487
Write 271
Mixed 273
76% 344 MB/s
4K Read 43.1
4K Write 65.4
4K Mixed 18.1
123% 42.2 MB/s
DQ Read 41.3
DQ Write 68.9
DQ Mixed 17.7
24% 42.6 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 74%
Great: 123%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94
93GB free
Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
96% Outstanding
Read 516
Write 409
Mixed 420
100% 448 MB/s
4K Read 47.2
4K Write 97.7
4K Mixed 28.7
160% 57.8 MB/s
DQ Read 46.7
DQ Write 105
DQ Mixed 28.2
35% 60.1 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 96%
Great: 134%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M378B1G73DB0-CK0 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
58.9% Above average
MC Read 21.5
MC Write 21.2
MC Mixed 17.1
57% 19.9 GB/s
SC Read 16
SC Write 21.5
SC Mixed 19.7
54% 19.1 GB/s
Latency 60.9
66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 36%
This bench: 58.9%
Great: 60%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97M-PLUS Builds (Compare 1,031 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97M-PLUS - $350

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $998
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