Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	140% 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	80% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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 Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '18 at 19:16
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 88.6 1-Core 114 2-Core 233 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 628 67% 533 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 1471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Lighting 200 Reflection 210 Parallax 194 163% 201 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 199 Splatting 134 126% 155 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 256GB-$164 6,726 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.6.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 158 195 176 194 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	80% Excellent	Read 362 Write 265 Mixed 275 SusWrite 182 61% 271 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 35.5 142% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 195 162% 232 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 90%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$130 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 5TB free Firmware: AR13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 142 156 141 155 145 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 162 166 163 167 164 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 157 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 164 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 105%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 16GB-$17 2,906 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 10GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 58 58 58 58 58 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 177 Write 57.8 Mixed 41 SusWrite 57.7 92% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 10.8 4K Write 10 4K Mixed 7.5 635% 9.43 MB/s	DQ Read 10.7 DQ Write 8.8 DQ Mixed 8.5 628% 9.33 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 2,445 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	51% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.4 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 17.7 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 85%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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 $94Bench 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 $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