Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	48.2% 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	89.2% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '17 at 13:11
Run Duration	279 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G3258-$31 23,497 User benchmarks, average bench 53% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Memory 72.6 1-Core 65.3 2-Core 91.5 49% 76.5 Pts	4-Core 132 8-Core 143 18% 137 Pts	64-Core 98.2 6% 98.2 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AE) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.2% Average	Lighting 63.4 Reflection 68.3 Parallax 52.2 52% 61.3 fps	MRender 71.3 Gravity 33.9 Splatting 49.3 42% 51.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6S 128GB-$106 3,356 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 206 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 474 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 50212 (AE) Unknown 100 100 209 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 50212 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 816 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 209 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3138 (F1) Unknown 100 100 104244 (F2) Unknown 100 100 128287	89.2% Excellent	Read 467 Write 323 Mixed 381 87% 390 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 78.5 4K Mixed 33.2 135% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 71.4 94% 170 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 100%
Seagate BUP Slim BL 1TB 4,375 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 679GB free Firmware: 0304 Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Read 36.2 Write 40.7 Mixed 38.3 29% 38.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.3 79% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 64%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 285GB free Firmware: KC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 25238400 (03) Spinup time 100 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1092 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 54400947 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1189 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 790 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 50 672923688 (C2) HDA temperature 40 50 81604378664 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 41 25238400 (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 -42159398976340 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1416714663 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2348912489	43.8% Average	Read 80.1 Write 72.8 Mixed 70.1 56% 74.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 0.58 4K Mixed 0.07 30% 0.31 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 145GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 91 179759900 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5405 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 73441215 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3811 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2524 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 642 (BC) Unknown 100 99 5 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 54 656146471 (C2) HDA temperature 39 46 68719476775 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 28 179759900 (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 -136906377516702 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3384477148 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1289576730	60.3% Good	Read 109 Write 101 Mixed 96 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.5 113% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 70%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 5,895 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 104GB free, PID a00c Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Read 39.7 Write 43 Mixed 37.8 52% 40.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.15 54% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 3x4GB 944 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1923 MHz Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	34.1% Below average	MC Read 10.2 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 12.1 33% 11.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 9.9 28% 9.83 GB/s	Latency 95.5 42% 95.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 63%

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

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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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 $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 $179	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