Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 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 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32.1% 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	84% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150209
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '18 at 10:32
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 223 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 443 60% 449 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Sapphire(174B 3000) 3GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.9.3 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	Lighting 41.8 Reflection 30.1 Parallax 55.3 34% 42.4 fps	MRender 28.5 Gravity 36.6 Splatting 37.1 28% 34.1 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 145 148 145 140 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	84% Excellent	Read 466 Write 182 Mixed 224 SusWrite 146 56% 255 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 41.1 158% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 41 69% 135 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 89%
Kingston SUV500480G 480GB 7,138 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 314GB free Firmware: 003056RA SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 181 174 143 161 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 428 Mixed 382 SusWrite 201 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 38.2 164% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 145 132% 201 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
KETECH 2x8GB 123 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1648 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.9% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 19.2 64% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 19.2 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 60.1 67% 60.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 61%

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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 $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 $177	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