Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.7% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	18.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '19 at 08:26
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	KOR-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Memory 88 1-Core 88.3 2-Core 147 66% 108 Pts	4-Core 284 8-Core 426 44% 355 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 360B) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	29.7% Poor	Lighting 34.6 Reflection 32.4 Parallax 41 28% 36 fps	MRender 44 Gravity 40.6 Splatting 36.5 33% 40.4 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 696 Write 533 Mixed 278 111% 502 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 79.4 4K Mixed 38.7 151% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 763 DQ Write 382 DQ Mixed 542 411% 562 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 26GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 251 249 243 189 108 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 294 Mixed 382 SusWrite 233 77% 346 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 47.5 160% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 228 208% 317 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 56GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 127 129 128 128 127 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 97.2 Write 69.2 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 127 67% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 114%
WD Purple 3TB (2014)-$84 6,631 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 109 111 112 113 114 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 55.2 Write 49.2 Mixed 20.7 SusWrite 112 43% 59.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.2 34% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-064.A00LF 3x8GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	33% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 9.8 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 11.1 SC Mixed 11.4 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 58%

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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	299x
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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Total price: $998

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