Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	82.3% 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '20 at 17:58
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^th 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 135 2-Core 268 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 505 68% 506 Pts	64-Core 500 31% 500 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3716) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Lighting 80.2 Reflection 79 Parallax 68.2 65% 75.8 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 74.1 Splatting 72.4 60% 72.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Viper M.2 VPN100 256GB 1,988 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 238GB free Firmware: ECFM22.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 506 269 268 271 270 271 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	148% Outstanding	Read 635 Write 384 Mixed 648 SusWrite 309 111% 494 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 70.2 224% 84 MB/s	DQ Read 776 DQ Write 745 DQ Mixed 783 582% 768 MB/s
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 212%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 185 221 139 169 153 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 380 Write 291 Mixed 313 SusWrite 179 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 39.3 152% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 210 160% 215 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 85%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 54GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,132 Write 5,628 Mixed 6021 1,393% 6,260 MB/s	4K Read 641 4K Write 277 4K Mixed 378 1,602% 432 MB/s	DQ Read 2,055 DQ Write 1,604 DQ Mixed 1,741 1,327% 1,800 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 2x8GB 7,092 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	63.1% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19.9 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 20.3 58% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 63.1% 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 42%

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Desktop 84%

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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	173x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	26x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16