Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.7% 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	123% 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	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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	29.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141028
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '18 at 00:05
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (95^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, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 121 2-Core 244 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 649 71% 563 Pts	64-Core 650 40% 650 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% EVGA(3842 2992) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 122 Parallax 107 89% 113 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 102 Splatting 95.4 80% 97.5 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 290 293 295 293 295 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 483 Mixed 379 SusWrite 309 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 63.4 218% 78.8 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 358 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 466GB free Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 335 336 339 335 331 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 322 Mixed 190 SusWrite 335 72% 325 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 29.9 138% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 68.6 100% 190 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 89%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 119 120 122 120 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 128 Write 120 Mixed 111 SusWrite 120 89% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 6,625 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	61.1% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 21.2 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 62%

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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	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 $79Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16