Asus Z97I-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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.
Graphics	137% 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	111% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97I-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '20 at 00:44
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 (100^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 264 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 693 73% 582 Pts	64-Core 702 44% 702 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2950 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 196 Reflection 203 Parallax 203 160% 201 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 191 Splatting 130 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SX8100NP 2TB 1,795 User benchmarks, average bench 247% 1.5TB free Firmware: VB411D45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 515 589 585 571 572 571 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 668 Write 565 Mixed 584 SusWrite 567 134% 596 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 62.8 202% 70.5 MB/s	DQ Read 773 DQ Write 415 DQ Mixed 444 370% 544 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 364 366 365 365 354 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 445 Mixed 372 SusWrite 360 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 59.4 197% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 45 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 138 124% 177 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB-$67 5,838 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 555GB free Firmware: X61110RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 365 366 367 365 368 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 438 Mixed 384 SusWrite 362 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 53 180% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 241 211% 315 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 3,641 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2605 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	69.5% Good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 21.5 66% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 22.9 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 45.5 88% 45.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 87%

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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	234x
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	67x
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 $254	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 $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16