Asus Z97I-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97I-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '19 at 01:43
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5950HQ 172 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 228 88% 152 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 687 76% 598 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1450 MHz, MLim: 2100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.1.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Lighting 81.3 Reflection 77.1 Parallax 110 66% 89.4 fps	MRender 76.6 Gravity 79.8 Splatting 64.4 59% 73.6 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 690GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 468 453 462 441 440 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 449 Mixed 435 SusWrite 456 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 46.9 182% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 364 274% 366 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 99GB free Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 194 199 198 204 186 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 402 Write 269 Mixed 279 SusWrite 197 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 34.1 142% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 158 146% 226 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 91%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 670GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 122 138 141 153 154 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 160 Write 162 Mixed 60.4 SusWrite 138 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.4 415% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 108%
Generic MassStorageClass 130GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 31GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 23 23 23 23 22 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	11.3% Very poor	Read 23.9 Write 21.4 Mixed 21 SusWrite 22.6 30% 22.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 1 72% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 11.3% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 2400G 2OZ 2x8GB 231 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 43.7 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 38.4 109% 38.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 23.2 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 86%

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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 $275	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