Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	25.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	229% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '19 at 02:21
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 above expectations (62^nd percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 200 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 625 61% 500 Pts	64-Core 649 40% 649 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gainward(10B0 1E87) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.4% Poor	Lighting 19.9 Reflection 23 Parallax 18.6 16% 20.5 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 19.9 Splatting 25.9 43% 58.1 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 134%

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% 873GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 916 873 891 884 961 930 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	229% Outstanding	Read 1,250 Write 938 Mixed 970 SusWrite 909 228% 1,017 MB/s	4K Read 63.9 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 81.7 272% 92.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,033 DQ Write 726 DQ Mixed 883 658% 881 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 229% Great: 410%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 47GB free Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 49 43 44 42 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 307 Write 73 Mixed 108 SusWrite 46.6 29% 134 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 64.2 4K Mixed 20.1 84% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 73.6 DQ Mixed 53.8 82% 163 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 437GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 131 129 132 131 130 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Read 165 Write 127 Mixed 78.3 SusWrite 130 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	57% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 17 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 17.9 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 86%

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

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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	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 $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 $273	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 $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