Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	66.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	113% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (63%). 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	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '18 at 14:30
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	63%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 235 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 451 61% 454 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.5% 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: 399.24 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	66.9% Good	Lighting 86.1 Reflection 90.7 Parallax 83.6 70% 86.8 fps	MRender 82.2 Gravity 72.3 Splatting 69.3 60% 74.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 352 240 220 164 126 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 459 Mixed 396 SusWrite 238 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 59 204% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 47GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 415 318 309 307 301 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 414 Mixed 371 SusWrite 329 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 47.5 167% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 256 220% 325 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 481GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 159 159 158 158 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 156 Mixed 90 SusWrite 157 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 112%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -1 32GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 28GB free, PID 0301 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 30 30 30 30 30 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	27.4% Poor	Read 38.5 Write 29 Mixed 29.2 SusWrite 29.8 42% 31.6 MB/s	4K Read 10.2 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 5 351% 6.47 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 38%

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 @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	61.2% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 19.5 60% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 18.3 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.2% 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $998

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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