Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	124% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	172% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '19 at 14:28
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 98.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 266 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 695 75% 595 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 185 Parallax 168 139% 174 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 171 Splatting 124 113% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 413GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 567 566 594 615 613 612 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 724 Write 652 Mixed 601 SusWrite 595 145% 643 MB/s	4K Read 56.3 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 75.3 258% 91.8 MB/s	DQ Read 680 DQ Write 536 DQ Mixed 274 296% 496 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 295%
Asus RAIDR Express PCIe 1,224 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 133GB free Firmware: MV.R00-0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 326 339 335 341 342 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 389 Mixed 369 SusWrite 337 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 76.7 4K Mixed 41.3 144% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 366 DQ Mixed 204 183% 272 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 101%
WD WD3000GLFS-01F8U0 300GB 3,689 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 151GB free Firmware: 03.03V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 80 77 77 79 79 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 116 Write 109 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 78.4 70% 94.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 226% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2400 C9 4x4GB 277 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	89% Excellent	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 27.5 88% 31 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 29 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 42.3 95% 42.3 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 113%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16