Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	54% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	123% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '19 at 09:44
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 121 2-Core 212 84% 143 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 640 71% 558 Pts	64-Core 638 40% 638 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54% Above average	Lighting 66.9 Reflection 74.5 Parallax 65.3 54% 68.9 fps	MRender 75 Gravity 65 Splatting 57.9 53% 66 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
A400 NVMe SanDisk 256GB 447 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: A3590012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 208 210 207 206 208 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 605 Write 632 Mixed 464 SusWrite 218 108% 480 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 55.7 193% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 664 DQ Write 498 DQ Mixed 397 347% 520 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 145%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 123 126 126 126 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	73% Very good	Read 129 Write 122 Mixed 92.3 SusWrite 125 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 170% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 76%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 466GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 117 119 119 119 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 120 Write 116 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 119 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2060 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 23.5 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 25.4 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 73%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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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	173x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	26x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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 $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