Asus Z97I-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	120% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97I-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '20 at 14:25
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 98.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 259 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 713 70% 574 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Lighting 77.2 Reflection 75.9 Parallax 72.7 63% 75.2 fps	MRender 69.6 Gravity 70.4 Splatting 71.5 58% 70.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$30 11,181 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 273 343 337 254 217 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 546 Write 556 Mixed 370 SusWrite 277 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 54.4 179% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 702 DQ Write 413 DQ Mixed 430 354% 515 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 223%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 811GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 356 410 420 435 415 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 461 Mixed 439 SusWrite 384 101% 447 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 56.8 195% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 360 270% 359 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 708GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 154 153 149 154 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 163 Write 137 Mixed 66 SusWrite 150 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 6,144 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 27.6 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 24.8 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 45.5 88% 45.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 86%

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

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97I-PLUS - $200

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	233x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	103x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	51x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	66x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	63x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	40x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	28x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	21x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	32x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	28x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	28x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $658

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	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