Asus Z97I-PLUS

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 95%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 75%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics103% 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 Drive152% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z97I-PLUS  (all builds)
Memory12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160218
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJan 01 '20 at 18:42
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User PRT-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
88.5% Excellent
Memory 97.8
1-Core 129
2-Core 260
91% 162 Pts
4-Core 449
8-Core 504
62% 477 Pts
64-Core 508
32% 508 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 88.5%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2262 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
103% Outstanding
Lighting 132
Reflection 152
Parallax 128
108% 137 fps
MRender 110
Gravity 133
Splatting 115
97% 119 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 103%
Great: 101%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB
77GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 518 593 590 587 587 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
152% Outstanding
Read 1,072
Write 655
Mixed 501
SusWrite 542
154% 693 MB/s
4K Read 38.5
4K Write 113
4K Mixed 47
178% 66.2 MB/s
DQ Read 357
DQ Write 615
DQ Mixed 319
289% 430 MB/s
Poor: 82%
This bench: 152%
Great: 313%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
87.1% Excellent
MC Read 32
MC Write 33.1
MC Mixed 27.6
88% 30.9 GB/s
SC Read 20.8
SC Write 24.6
SC Mixed 24.3
66% 23.2 GB/s
Latency 47
85% 47 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 87.1%
Great: 86%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97I-PLUS Builds (Compare 578 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus Z97I-PLUS - $200

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 61% - Good Total price: $658
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