Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 31.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	27.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	70.5% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 06 '20 at 11:07
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing way below expectations (18^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 0.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	31.2% Below average	Memory 55.1 1-Core 32.1 2-Core 42.1 30% 43.1 Pts	4-Core 43.1 8-Core 55.2 6% 49.2 Pts	64-Core 69.7 4% 69.7 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3683) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 451.48 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.7% Poor	Lighting 21.9 Reflection 14.8 Parallax 48.3 18% 28.4 fps	MRender 51.3 Gravity 62 Splatting 57.6 47% 57 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 122 180 197 179 234 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 429 Write 378 Mixed 353 SusWrite 194 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 47.7 4K Mixed 34.9 109% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 137 108% 151 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 113%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 24GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 113 159 175 154 155 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 373 Write 181 Mixed 238 SusWrite 159 53% 238 MB/s	4K Read 13.9 4K Write 33.4 4K Mixed 14.3 57% 20.5 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 59.3 DQ Mixed 83.5 62% 82.6 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 76%
Hitachi HTS545032B9A300 320GB-$59 15,217 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 191GB free Firmware: PB3OC60N SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 56 69 70 70 71 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	36% Below average	Read 58.3 Write 61.4 Mixed 35.1 SusWrite 66.9 41% 55.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	23.3% Poor	MC Read 9 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 8.2 24% 8.23 GB/s	SC Read 5.6 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 5.9 16% 5.5 GB/s	Latency 143 28% 143 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 23.3% Great: 88%

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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	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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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