Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	116% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	118% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	18.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '18 at 03:41
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 108 2-Core 209 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 552 59% 472 Pts	64-Core 563 35% 563 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 195 Parallax 180 126% 177 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 169 Splatting 117 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 302 307 305 298 312 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 446 Mixed 366 SusWrite 323 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 56.5 205% 77.3 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 353 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 12GB free Firmware: EXT0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 464 Write 441 Mixed 290 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 47.7 185% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 180 185% 302 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 155GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 150 149 149 151 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 85.8 Write 81.3 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 150 70% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 205% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 109%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 66GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 105 105 103 104 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 112 Write 104 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 104 73% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 217% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 108%
SAMSUNG HM641JI 640GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 47GB free, PID 102a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Read 21.8 Write 3.5 Mixed 12.8 SusWrite 40.9 27% 19.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 66% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 0420 F3-2133C11-8GXL 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 0420 F3-2133C11-8GXL 24GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	76.2% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 24.8 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 23.7 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 66%

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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	173x
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 $94Bench 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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Total price: $998

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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