Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	May 25 '20 at 07:08
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 225 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 431 58% 434 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Sapphire(1DA2 E411) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 112 Parallax 247 112% 165 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 131 Splatting 144 107% 128 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.r SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 209 227 200 203 250 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 444 Write 308 Mixed 294 SusWrite 230 71% 319 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 356 DQ Mixed 68.6 131% 260 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 102 138% 63.7 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 111%
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$31 9,202 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 24GB free Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 651 Write 553 Mixed 487 125% 564 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 61.6 202% 76.2 MB/s	DQ Read 781 DQ Write 391 DQ Mixed 567 426% 579 MB/s
Poor: 119% Great: 243%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 60GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 255 138 156 117 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 450 Write 423 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 177 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 81.5 4K Mixed 3.3 72% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 138 124% 191 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 92%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 500GB-$69 13,482 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 50GB free Firmware: X61110RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 238 150 112 123 116 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 430 Mixed 361 SusWrite 174 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 54.2 170% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 285 233% 332 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 119%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 500GB-$69 13,482 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 15GB free Firmware: X61110RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 138 131 131 126 121 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	64.7% Good	Read 269 Write 241 Mixed 127 SusWrite 135 43% 193 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 61.6 4K Mixed 39.7 117% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 145 120% 174 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 119%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 195 193 195 195 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 140 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 193 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	61.8% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 19.1 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 20 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97M-PLUS - $350

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	299x
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 $109Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $998

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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