Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 40.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Boot Drive	82.3% 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '17 at 19:32
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 1.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	40.7% Average	Memory 57.6 1-Core 23.4 2-Core 47.2 30% 42.7 Pts	4-Core 129 8-Core 343 26% 236 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4703 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 SSD 2TB 565GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 162 5758 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17389 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 34 34 48366 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1191 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 613 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 136 136 192496 (C2) HDA temperature 118 106 32 (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

Crucial M550 512GB-$283 5,683 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 394GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 22557 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 543 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 130 (AE) Unknown 100 100 380 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 50 214749216798 (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 100 100 5 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 69606114694 (F7) Unknown 100 100 2189426643 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2178906716	82.3% Excellent	Read 495 Write 451 Mixed 468 105% 471 MB/s	4K Read 13.2 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 25.3 105% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 60.9 DQ Write 79.1 DQ Mixed 34.9 36% 58.3 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 111%
Crucial M550 512GB-$283 5,683 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 88GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 210 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17648 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 490 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 75 (AE) Unknown 100 100 336 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 56 188979675167 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 39650021442 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1262917372 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1236687259	72.4% Very good	Read 499 Write 465 Mixed 482 108% 482 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 32.6 4K Mixed 15.3 62% 21.4 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 57.6 60% 98.9 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 111%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 170 966 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8411 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24652 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1350 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 672 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 183 183 51590 (C2) HDA temperature 115 84 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 9	61.7% Good	Read 104 Write 111 Mixed 96 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.22 90% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-036.A00LF 2x8GB 1,048 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	44.7% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 15.7 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 6.7 16% 5.6 GB/s	Latency 135 30% 135 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 61%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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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Value: 60% - Above average

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 $15	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