Asus Z97I-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	69.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z97I-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '19 at 22:26
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 83 1-Core 110 2-Core 197 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 503 52% 418 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.8% Good	Lighting 89.1 Reflection 82.2 Parallax 76 73% 82.4 fps	MRender 92.5 Gravity 78.5 Splatting 69.5 64% 80.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 149 45 41 41 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 440 Mixed 341 SusWrite 114 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 84.9 4K Mixed 47.3 158% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 227 204% 309 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 126%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 657GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 90 91 91 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 95 Write 94.7 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 91.1 65% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 87%
ST315005 41AS 1.5TB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 545GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 72 73 72 66 66 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	32.4% Below average	Read 82.7 Write 83 Mixed 42 SusWrite 70.2 92% 69.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1.1 94% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 38%
Kingston FCR-HS219/1 129GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 25GB free, PID 6148 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 16 16 16 16 16 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	9.47% Terrible	Read 18.8 Write 12.7 Mixed 16.2 SusWrite 16.2 21% 16 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.9 70% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 9.47% Great: 9%
ST2000DL 003-9VT166 2TB 65 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 177GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.9 6.3 2.9 3.4 2.5 2.4 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Read 84 Write 84.5 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 3.9 75% 59 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 54% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 52%
ST2000DL 003-9VT166 2TB 65 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 77 74 74 70 69 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	39.7% Below average	Read 139 Write 136 Mixed 76 SusWrite 73.4 138% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 67% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	45.9% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 14.6 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 13.7 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 61%

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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	103x
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	63x
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 $40
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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16