Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	72.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140423
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '16 at 05:20
Run Duration	531 Seconds
Run User	BLR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$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)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 132 2-Core 263 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 695 75% 598 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8038 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1940 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 77 77 712 (AE) Unknown 100 100 246 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1036 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 52 206159413276 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 77 77 23 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 39141220560 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1247619635 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2572491001	72.8% Very good	Read 509 Write 189 Mixed 273 71% 324 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 16.7 132% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 25.4 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 15.8 28% 52 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 89%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2TB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 92 183293624 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11819 (05) Reallocated sector count 58 58 1745 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 68781989318 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26311 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3405 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1283 (BC) Unknown 100 24 1855455101480 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 49 487981085 (C2) HDA temperature 29 51 42949672989 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 29 183293624 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 98 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 98 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 50341311706474 (F1) Unknown 100 253 884959759 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1337474370	63.1% Good	Read 108 Write 112 Mixed 103 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.55 120% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 61%
Sony PRS-600 0GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 2% 0GB free, PID 031e Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	2.35% Terrible	Read 10.1 Write 1.94 Mixed 3.49 5% 5.18 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 0.07 4K Mixed 0.07 9% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.35% Great: 3%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 2x8GB 7,008 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 9.7 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 11.1 SC Mixed 11.6 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 65%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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 $76Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16