Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.99% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	0.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2048 x 1152 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151204
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '19 at 21:55
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570S 11,172 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 106 2-Core 201 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 369 51% 376 Pts	64-Core 375 23% 375 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim32.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4264 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.99% Terrible	Lighting 3.9 Reflection 7.04 Parallax 6.69 3% 5.88 fps	MRender 9.52 Gravity 2.5 Splatting 8.09 6% 6.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.99% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Transcend MTS400 M.2 256GB-$145 1,007 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0815B SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 247 224 227 236 240 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 512 Write 300 Mixed 291 SusWrite 245 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 0.3 57% 12.6 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 102%
WD WD740ADFD-00NLR1 74GB 1,081 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 66GB free Firmware: 20.07P20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 80 81 81 80 78 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 82.5 Write 89.5 Mixed 44 SusWrite 79.9 54% 74 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 203% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE4G3D1869DE1TX0. 2x4GB 498 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1648 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	64.1% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 20.7 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 19.4 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 73%

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

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97M-PLUS - $350

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	300x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	172x
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 $109Bench 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 $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