Asus Z97I-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 96.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	53.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	142% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97I-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '19 at 22:24
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 131 2-Core 263 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 698 78% 612 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Lighting 67.1 Reflection 72.4 Parallax 63.8 55% 67.8 fps	MRender 75.6 Gravity 63.3 Splatting 56.3 52% 65.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 692 680 679 672 673 626 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 730 Write 654 Mixed 516 SusWrite 670 145% 643 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 47.2 183% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 366 DQ Mixed 389 284% 369 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 220%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$44 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 237GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 404 407 402 403 351 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 441 Mixed 425 SusWrite 396 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 49.4 176% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 298 242% 344 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 125%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 152 148 154 154 154 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Read 150 Write 149 Mixed 20 SusWrite 152 85% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 25.6 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 24.8 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 50.4 79% 50.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 79.8% 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	234x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	104x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	51x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	67x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	64x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	40x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	28x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	21x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16