Asus Z97I-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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	11.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	198% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97I-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '17 at 12:13
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5775C-$183 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 85% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 97.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 592 60% 483 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel Iris Pro HD 6200 (Desktop) 1,198 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Lighting 12.5 Reflection 13.7 Parallax 15.9 10% 14 fps	MRender 14.5 Gravity 12 Splatting 20.5 13% 15.6 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 256GB-$164 6,726 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 138GB free Firmware: 5.0.7a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4487602 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 61151744368112 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3180 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 467 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 42 57 85903081514 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4487602 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4487602 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4487602 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3557 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3134 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3134 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3515	54.5% Above average	Read 490 Write 175 Mixed 231 65% 299 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 19.5 4K Mixed 15.2 66% 19.6 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 65.4 DQ Mixed 53.8 52% 83.1 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 90%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	198% Outstanding	Read 1,330 Write 744 Mixed 928 221% 1,001 MB/s	4K Read 54.1 4K Write 227 4K Mixed 50.7 267% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 639 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 183 205% 359 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 198% Great: 243%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 835GB free Firmware: JA0OA560 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 166 166 77309411329 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2263 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 4217 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2242 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 10354 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 184684773409 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	42.7% Average	Read 76.1 Write 72.4 Mixed 15.5 40% 54.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.2 70% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 516GB free Firmware: CC61 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 100 169873368 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 312 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 744586 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 809 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 310 (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 63 49 622788645 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 312 (C2) HDA temperature 37 51 98784247845 (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 102688373080876 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2347072409 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4627399515	85.2% Excellent	Read 173 Write 124 Mixed 23.2 77% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.32 82% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 112%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 390GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 147 140 11641 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5975 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8939 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4515 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 579 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5395 (C2) HDA temperature 112 102 40 (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	73.3% Very good	Read 136 Write 119 Mixed 113 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 3.03 4K Mixed 0.27 127% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	67.9% Good	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 18.9 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 16.6 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 46.4 86% 46.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 88%

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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	233x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	103x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	51x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	66x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	63x
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 $109Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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