Asus Z97I-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	102% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97I-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141104
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	May 16 '18 at 19:35
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 97.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 230 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 612 64% 513 Pts	64-Core 613 38% 613 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.4% Excellent	Lighting 99.5 Reflection 114 Parallax 96.8 81% 103 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 94.3 Splatting 99 79% 96.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 18 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 17378 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2103 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 46 (A8) Unknown 100 100 260 (A9) Unknown 100 100 904 (AB) Unknown 100 100 12 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 120 (AE) Unknown 100 100 36 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 43 184684511267 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1024 (E8) Unknown 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 31374 (F1) Unknown 253 253 15057 (F2) Unknown 253 253 15914 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	102% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 383 Mixed 421 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 31.2 145% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 66.1 120% 238 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 12GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 14012 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1558 (A5) Unknown 100 100 124595339808 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 25 (A8) Unknown 100 100 37 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 18 (AE) Unknown 100 100 15 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 45 193274445862 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2452480590652 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4167 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5575 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4055 (F2) Unknown 253 253 12249 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	86.8% Excellent	Read 479 Write 335 Mixed 325 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 77.6 4K Mixed 22.2 118% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 51.2 100% 203 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 101%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 290GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 139 120 4050 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13729 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15434 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2786 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 135 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 188 188 37395 (C2) HDA temperature 111 103 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	66.3% Good	Read 149 Write 82.2 Mixed 98.2 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.15 68% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 87%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 178GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 129 3883 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8658 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17563 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2748 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 120 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 190 190 31639 (C2) HDA temperature 111 101 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	60.5% Good	Read 113 Write 97.5 Mixed 80.4 72% 97 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.21 84% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 26.9 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 26 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 47.9 84% 47.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 85%

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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%

Battleship

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 $94Bench 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 $300	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 $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