Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	22.9% 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)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '19 at 10:16
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 133 2-Core 267 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 503 69% 513 Pts	64-Core 524 32% 524 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B E221) 2GB CLim: 920 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.9.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.9% Poor	Lighting 27.6 Reflection 29.6 Parallax 33.2 22% 30.1 fps	MRender 26.4 Gravity 22.1 Splatting 35 24% 27.8 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8,124 Write 6,786 Mixed 6,963 1,624% 7,291 MB/s	4K Read 1,123 4K Write 260 4K Mixed 406 2,360% 596 MB/s	DQ Read 2,905 DQ Write 1,581 DQ Mixed 1,979 1,542% 2,155 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 97GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 308 316 317 316 314 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 492 Mixed 402 SusWrite 333 97% 434 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 53.9 196% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 155 123% 177 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 52GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 73 72 71 74 72 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 358 Write 71.3 Mixed 123 SusWrite 72.8 34% 156 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 75.1 4K Mixed 37.2 140% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 96.6 DQ Write 75.9 DQ Mixed 91.7 67% 88.1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 6,948 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 24.3 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 23.5 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 71%

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

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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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 $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 $269	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 $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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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