Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.4% 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	174% 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	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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	23.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '19 at 08:17
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

Watch Gameplay: 1080 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing as expected (51^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 97.8 1-Core 138 2-Core 246 92% 160 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 691 69% 563 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$265 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2777 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.4% Outstanding	Lighting 110 Reflection 137 Parallax 114 90% 120 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 125 Splatting 108 95% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 395GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 578 591 609 631 634 635 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 720 Write 636 Mixed 632 SusWrite 613 146% 650 MB/s	4K Read 54.1 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 72.2 243% 85.1 MB/s	DQ Read 782 DQ Write 680 DQ Mixed 963 658% 808 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 393%
Samsung 860 Pro 512GB-$150 16,934 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 407GB free Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 323 329 334 335 334 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 488 Mixed 451 SusWrite 329 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 61.5 212% 77.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 360 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%
Seagate ST4000NM0115-1YZ107 4TB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 919GB free Firmware: SN05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 156 156 157 157 157 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 158 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 156 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 1.1 249% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 172 175 178 175 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 96.7 Write 137 Mixed 67.7 SusWrite 174 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 0.7 230% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	86.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 27.4 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 25.6 SC Mixed 27.2 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 46.9 85% 46.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 119%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical Z97M-PLUS Builds (Compare 1,032 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	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 $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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $998

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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