Asus Z97I-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	30.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	119% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97I-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 04 '18 at 14:20
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 98.2 1-Core 123 2-Core 240 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 673 68% 552 Pts	64-Core 672 42% 672 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Asus(1043 85D6) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	Lighting 38.5 Reflection 30.7 Parallax 36.8 31% 35.3 fps	MRender 37.3 Gravity 36.9 Splatting 35 30% 36.4 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 33%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-G512M6e 512GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 562 589 504 567 559 550 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 596 Write 516 Mixed 214 SusWrite 555 105% 470 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 90.1 4K Mixed 37.6 140% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 405 DQ Write 422 DQ Mixed 286 250% 371 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2666 C12 2x8GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	70% Very good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 21.7 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 22.2 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 45 89% 45 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 84%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97I-PLUS - $200

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	233x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	102x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	51x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	66x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	63x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	40x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	27x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	21x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	32x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	28x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	28x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $658

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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