Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	132% 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	73.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '20 at 03:04
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 129 2-Core 238 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 709 68% 562 Pts	64-Core 689 43% 689 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3607) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 196 Parallax 195 152% 192 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 184 Splatting 125 117% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra 3D 500GB-$61 13,482 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61110RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 279 327 288 301 275 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 502 Write 354 Mixed 167 SusWrite 304 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 59.7 4K Mixed 17.5 103% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 62.6 DQ Mixed 59.9 56% 89.7 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 119%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 193GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 344 338 344 343 350 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 513 Write 361 Mixed 328 SusWrite 346 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 63.8 4K Mixed 33.4 120% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 26.9 DQ Write 64.9 DQ Mixed 67.7 45% 53.2 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 103%
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$113 27,087 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 433GB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 349 354 370 344 309 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 287 Mixed 301 SusWrite 342 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 48.1 180% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 227 178% 248 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 116%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 78 83 82 86 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 82.2 Write 75.2 Mixed 8.3 SusWrite 81.9 44% 61.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 137 132 132 129 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 173 Write 156 Mixed 20 SusWrite 108 82% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 126% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.6% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 17.4 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 80%

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

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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	172x
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

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Total price: $998

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