Asus Z97I-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38.8% 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	68.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97I-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '17 at 17:31
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790S-$60 13,224 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 116 2-Core 225 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 570 63% 498 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	Lighting 51.4 Reflection 47.8 Parallax 42.8 42% 47.3 fps	MRender 39.7 Gravity 43.2 Splatting 38.3 33% 40.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	68.6% Good	Read 162 Write 177 Mixed 257 45% 199 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 24.2 140% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 33.2 DQ Write 434 DQ Mixed 23.7 81% 164 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 157%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 40GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 273 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 152 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 67 58 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 17 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1508896812	80% Excellent	Read 492 Write 305 Mixed 332 83% 376 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 77.6 4K Mixed 20.3 134% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 45.6 DQ Write 82.2 DQ Mixed 19.9 28% 49.2 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 108%
Hitachi HCS5C2020ALA632 2TB 1,802 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2TB free Firmware: ML6OA800 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 134 134 34386739606 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7888 (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 97 97 26017 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 739 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7888 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7888 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 210453987355 (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	74.3% Very good	Read 123 Write 136 Mixed 119 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.4 110% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 75%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 642GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 133 3958 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 415 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 474 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 304 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 160 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5008 (C2) HDA temperature 115 109 28 (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	61.6% Good	Read 119 Write 95.5 Mixed 100 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.14 77% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 85%
Toshiba MK2565GSX 250GB 2,503 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 233GB free Firmware: GJ002D Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1195 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 173228 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1256 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 623 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 13660 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 231928627231 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 47309282 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 124528914 (F0) Head flying hours 94 94 146725 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8058208389 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8814503108 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	35.9% Below average	Read 60.6 Write 64.3 Mixed 60.7 47% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.29 76% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 17.5 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 62%

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

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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	102x
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	27x
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 $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