Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	65.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.6% 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	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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 17:22
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 93.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 188 78% 132 Pts	4-Core 314 8-Core 398 46% 356 Pts	64-Core 429 26% 429 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	65.3% Good	Lighting 83.3 Reflection 90.7 Parallax 74 68% 82.7 fps	MRender 73.6 Gravity 72.3 Splatting 74.4 60% 73.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 398GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 573 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 128 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 65 54 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 122 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4233669393	95.6% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 402 Mixed 412 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 27.8 149% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 45.2 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 26.9 58% 111 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 134%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 233GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^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 6685 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1817 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 87 87 418 (AE) Unknown 100 100 975 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2599 (B7) Unknown 100 100 38 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 50 214749610017 (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 87 87 13 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 72571904895 (F7) Unknown 100 100 2271021039 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2442667409	103% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 396 Mixed 410 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 98.6 4K Mixed 35.2 146% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 58.3 114% 231 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 488GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 124976424 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1928 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 53337749 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6707 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1805 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 135 (BE) vendor-specific 74 55 437846042 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 609 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 62 62 76421 (C2) HDA temperature 26 45 60129542170 (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 -71837622988830 (F1) Unknown 100 253 27584374080 (F2) Unknown 100 253 58527374941	99.9% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 159 Mixed 157 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.24 84% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 112%
WD My Passport 1TB 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 365GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Read 38.2 Write 35.6 Mixed 36 47% 36.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.14 43% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 45%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 128GB-$13 974 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 116GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	20% Very poor	Read 36.8 Write 23.5 Mixed 28.9 36% 29.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.84 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.99 143% 2.54 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	66.4% Good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 21.7 68% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 15.9 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	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 $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