Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	46.5% 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	118% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '16 at 19:29
Run Duration	293 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 690 72% 577 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 0501) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.164.1 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.5% Average	Lighting 56 Reflection 69.7 Parallax 85.2 46% 70.3 fps	MRender 66.6 Gravity 56 Splatting 56 48% 59.5 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1670 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 301 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 54 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 37 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5612218417	118% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 406 Mixed 420 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 49.3 189% 66.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 108 141% 256 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 178GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 148 132 3566 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1217 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3321 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 748 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 17816 (C2) HDA temperature 120 102 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	53.6% Above average	Read 92.4 Write 94.3 Mixed 86.5 68% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.2 83% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 90GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 169 2158 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 344 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1668 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 290 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 661 (C2) HDA temperature 115 99 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	93.4% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 131 Mixed 155 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.29 4K Write 2.69 4K Mixed 0.29 136% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 109%
ST916031 4AS 160GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 71GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Read 32.3 Write 28.7 Mixed 12.1 29% 24.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.31 40% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 18%
TOSHIBA MK2565GSXN 250GB 61GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	10.9% Very poor	Read 29.9 Write 17.2 Mixed 12.1 22% 19.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.22 39% 0.46 MB/s

SAMSUNG HD501LJ 500GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 56GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	11.8% Very poor	Read 32.2 Write 28.2 Mixed 28.5 38% 29.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.35 23% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 2,517 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 27.9 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 27.6 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 45.5 88% 45.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 62%

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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	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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	26x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 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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Total price: $998

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16