Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35% 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)
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141028
Uptime	9.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '18 at 18:20
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$209 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 96.7 1-Core 103 2-Core 209 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 560 55% 450 Pts	64-Core 560 35% 560 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35% Below average	Lighting 45.4 Reflection 43.8 Parallax 39.5 37% 42.9 fps	MRender 39.5 Gravity 40.1 Splatting 35.5 31% 38.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 453 Write 441 Mixed 360 93% 418 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 59.7 201% 72.1 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 357 269% 359 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 760GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 87 91 92 93 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 47 Write 27.7 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 91.5 39% 53.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 72%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 435GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 143 145 145 146 147 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Read 134 Write 123 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 145 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 87%
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 213GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 94 94 96 95 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 102 Write 103 Mixed 51 SusWrite 94.9 64% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 198% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 5,533 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 26.9 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 24.4 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 87%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $998

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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