Asus Z97I-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	39.9% 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	98.1% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97I-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141208
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '18 at 19:33
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 226 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 428 56% 418 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 285-$189 6,276 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Sapphire(174B E305) 2GB CLim: 1085 MHz, MLim: 1510 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.9.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	Lighting 50.8 Reflection 54.5 Parallax 61.1 41% 55.5 fps	MRender 55.2 Gravity 43.1 Splatting 40.2 37% 46.2 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 SATA M.2 250GB-$90 2,162 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 298 298 304 290 288 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 461 Mixed 382 SusWrite 314 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 29.4 148% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 255 220% 326 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 112%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 881GB free Firmware: 2BC10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 107 107 106 107 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 104 Write 79.7 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 106 65% 87.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 175% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 70%
Intenso Premium Line 64GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 20GB free, PID 8303 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 26 29 32 32 32 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	16% Very poor	Read 60 Write 44.5 Mixed 30.8 SusWrite 29.3 52% 41.2 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0 10% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609ES2LX0. 2x8GB 2,705 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1648 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	65.2% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 20.6 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 64%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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