Asus Z97I-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97I-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '20 at 20:14
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 121 2-Core 240 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 625 69% 542 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.5% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 110 Parallax 96.6 82% 102 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 92.5 Splatting 97.1 78% 95.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 108 108 118 110 108 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 490 Mixed 374 SusWrite 111 83% 372 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 48.2 175% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 342 260% 350 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 124%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$69 11,475 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 30GB free Firmware: E7FM04.C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 309 312 284 313 310 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 638 Write 356 Mixed 368 SusWrite 303 93% 416 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 43.2 162% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 464 DQ Write 358 DQ Mixed 355 281% 392 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 185%
Hitachi HTS545032B9A300 320GB-$59 15,217 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 157GB free Firmware: PB3OC60N SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 63 62 62 62 63 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	34.8% Below average	Read 59.3 Write 51.3 Mixed 35.3 SusWrite 61.8 38% 51.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 42%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 620GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 108 106 115 108 108 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 189 Write 185 Mixed 83 SusWrite 109 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 711GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 106 105 113 107 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 98.3 Write 94.5 Mixed 68 SusWrite 108 68% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,062 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1373 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	53% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 15.6 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 17.6 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 63%

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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