Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	100% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	25 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '19 at 01:48
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 234 88% 153 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 663 66% 539 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 183 Parallax 169 138% 174 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 168 Splatting 124 111% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 298 302 301 301 301 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 315 Mixed 304 SusWrite 301 78% 351 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 38.7 155% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 242 209% 310 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 129%
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 195GB free Firmware: AADA4105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 587 582 606 460 333 331 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 685 Write 601 Mixed 617 SusWrite 483 134% 597 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 63.7 214% 76.4 MB/s	DQ Read 626 DQ Write 652 DQ Mixed 650 486% 642 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 193%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 186 190 188 187 187 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 157 Mixed 88.7 SusWrite 187 111% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2200 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 24 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 25.3 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 80%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $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