Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.1% 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	82.6% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '17 at 21:06
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 112 2-Core 220 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 429 58% 432 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 847A) 2GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	27.1% Poor	Lighting 31.6 Reflection 28.7 Parallax 36.1 26% 32.1 fps	MRender 40 Gravity 38.3 Splatting 32.1 30% 36.8 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 10025 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 508 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (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 61 56 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 136 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10247138797	82.6% Excellent	Read 485 Write 339 Mixed 347 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 65.5 4K Mixed 21.4 119% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 71.1 DQ Mixed 15.4 52% 119 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 118%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 475GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2275 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 969 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10445 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 622 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 939 (C2) HDA temperature 106 102 37 (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	97.2% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 169 Mixed 164 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.37 115% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 108%
WD VelociRaptor 2.5" 500GB-$122 435 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 248GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 178 2033 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 957 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10457 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 624 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 928 (C2) HDA temperature 111 106 36 (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	100% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 157 Mixed 140 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.53 4K Write 0.69 4K Mixed 0.4 121% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905402-665.A00LF 4x4GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.6 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 16.6 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 54%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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