Asus Z97I-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.9% 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	65.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97I-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	1.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	26.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '20 at 00:35
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 114 2-Core 206 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 613 62% 502 Pts	64-Core 613 38% 613 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 38.4 Parallax 85.3 84% 75.4 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 89.7 Splatting 79.3 73% 90.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 44 42 40 42 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 455 Write 109 Mixed 84.8 SusWrite 47.4 38% 174 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 54.3 4K Mixed 27.6 119% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 39.8 DQ Mixed 53.1 74% 146 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 126%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 401GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 62 61 64 73 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	34.9% Below average	Read 57.5 Write 76.7 Mixed 37.3 SusWrite 63.4 43% 58.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 87%
ST315005 41AS 1.5TB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 521GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 87 87 87 83 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	35.6% Below average	Read 80 Write 80 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 86.8 100% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 91% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 38%
Kingston FCR-HS219/1 129GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 15GB free, PID 6148 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 16 16 16 16 16 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	8.91% Terrible	Read 19 Write 13.5 Mixed 15.5 SusWrite 16.2 21% 16 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.7 56% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 8.91% Great: 9%
ST2000DL 003-9VT166 2TB 65 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 193GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.2 3.6 3.4 1.1 7.6 2.3 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	16.6% Very poor	Read 87.7 Write 83 Mixed 64 SusWrite 4.2 75% 59.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 57% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 52%
ST2000DL 003-9VT166 2TB 65 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 90 90 88 90 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 134 Write 131 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 89.6 142% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 67% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.7% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 15.4 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 14.4 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 61%

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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	102x
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	27x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	21x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $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