Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.2% 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	85% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '18 at 21:07
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 121 2-Core 243 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 467 59% 447 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Gigabyte(1458 2308) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.8.1 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Lighting 111 Reflection 90.8 Parallax 161 90% 121 fps	MRender 88.9 Gravity 115 Splatting 128 93% 111 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM851 mSATA 256GB 6,648 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT48D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 167 148 155 148 141 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 489 Write 182 Mixed 169 SusWrite 157 55% 249 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 90.1 4K Mixed 32.3 145% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 82.4 113% 212 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 83%
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 37GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 109 92 92 92 92 MB/s Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	68.8% Good	Read 259 Write 250 Mixed 225 SusWrite 110 47% 211 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 84.2 4K Mixed 37.7 140% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 137 119% 176 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 91%
OCZ Trion 150 120GB-$50 3,507 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 53GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 87 87 87 89 87 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 506 Write 453 Mixed 351 SusWrite 111 79% 355 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 39.5 150% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 356 DQ Mixed 177 182% 296 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 61GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 107 106 107 104 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 169 Write 144 Mixed 81 SusWrite 105 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 684GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 188 186 186 183 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 151 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 186 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 0420 F3-1866C9-8GXM 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.8% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.9 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 15.3 42% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 53%

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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	301x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	173x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	163x

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 $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	26x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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 i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16