Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	37.7% 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	96.6% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150304
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '15 at 06:22
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 98.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 262 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 707 76% 605 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 368E) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5906 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Lighting 49.6 Reflection 46.2 Parallax 40.4 40% 45.4 fps	MRender 40 Gravity 41.7 Splatting 37.3 32% 39.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 16 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 64 58 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 682658893	96.6% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 419 Mixed 424 101% 454 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 28.3 151% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 79.2 DQ Mixed 28 48% 96 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 790GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 60371064 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 721 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 67076389 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3053 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 623 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 63 454688795 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 132 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 32387 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 34359738395 (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 103371272882924 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10988900010 (F2) Unknown 100 253 77933619137	104% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 166 Mixed 148 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.19 86% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%
Sony Storage Media 16GB 154 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 11GB free, PID 0439 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	7.47% Terrible	Read 26.2 Write 9.27 Mixed 14.1 18% 16.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.88 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.01 26% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.47% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x4GB 6,123 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 28.9 91% 32 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 27.6 72% 25 GB/s	Latency 43.6 92% 43.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 90%

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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	299x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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