Asus Z97I-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 144% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 121% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	161% 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	116% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z97I-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150309
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '19 at 04:29
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 266 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 695 73% 584 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Nvidia(10DE 12A4) ≥ 4GB; Nvidia Founders Edition RTX 2080ti CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	161% Outstanding	Lighting 225 Reflection 233 Parallax 249 183% 236 fps	MRender 262 Gravity 216 Splatting 143 162% 207 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 585GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 591 592 590 575 556 562 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	187% Outstanding	Read 746 Write 609 Mixed 647 SusWrite 578 145% 645 MB/s	4K Read 66.1 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 87.9 290% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 780 DQ Write 627 DQ Mixed 1,134 732% 847 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 187% Great: 410%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 412GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 330 286 288 284 287 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 445 Mixed 431 SusWrite 325 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 57.1 196% 74.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 129%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 9,944 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	67.6% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 21.4 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21.4 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 70%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	103x
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	28x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	21x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $45	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