Asus Z97I-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	120% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97I-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141104
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '19 at 00:13
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 below expectations (39^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 202 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 339 8-Core 584 56% 461 Pts	64-Core 648 40% 648 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FC0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.2% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 107 Parallax 102 92% 107 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 97.9 Splatting 84.1 84% 106 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 11,317 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 584 340 109 101 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 993 Write 845 Mixed 505 SusWrite 272 146% 654 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 48 166% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 44.7 DQ Write 502 DQ Mixed 293 221% 280 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 445%
Hitachi HTS541616J9SA00 160GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 6GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 24 25 25 24 24 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	12.3% Very poor	Read 23.7 Write 22.3 Mixed 15.3 SusWrite 24.5 29% 21.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 56% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.7 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 17.1 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 63%

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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 $109Bench 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 $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16