Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.3% 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	90.7% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '18 at 10:42
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 213 81% 139 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 590 61% 492 Pts	64-Core 589 36% 589 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 114 Parallax 104 91% 110 fps	MRender 94.3 Gravity 101 Splatting 90.8 78% 95.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HS-SSD-C100 480GB 644 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 268GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01000015 SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 387 405 416 400 420 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 305 Write 122 Mixed 262 SusWrite 402 61% 273 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 31.8 134% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 172 166% 259 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 88%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 106GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 99 104 103 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 111 Write 104 Mixed 29 SusWrite 102 62% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 108%
Seagate ST2000DL003-9VT166 4TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 94 103 112 108 108 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 50 Write 124 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 103 56% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.4 76% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 55% Great: 72%
ST500LT0 12-9WS142 500GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 311GB free, PID 2339 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.6 6.6 6.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	2.7% Terrible	Read 6.7 Write 6.5 Mixed 6.2 SusWrite 6.5 9% 6.47 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 7% 0.07 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.7% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	67.5% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 21.3 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 21.5 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 72%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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 $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 $273	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 $179	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