Asus Z97I-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.8% 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	107% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). 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	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141208
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '20 at 14:15
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570S 11,172 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 107 2-Core 214 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 382 55% 401 Pts	64-Core 407 25% 407 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8520) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Lighting 46.4 Reflection 45.1 Parallax 39.8 38% 43.8 fps	MRender 41 Gravity 40.7 Splatting 36.3 32% 39.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6e PCIe M.2 128GB-$190 585 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 299 298 288 320 325 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 676 Write 327 Mixed 341 SusWrite 304 91% 412 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 40.8 147% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 245 215% 320 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 116%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 95GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 225 353 299 299 297 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 462 Mixed 375 SusWrite 313 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 93 4K Mixed 44.3 154% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 254 217% 318 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%
WDC WD60EZAZ-00SF3B0 6TB 3,395 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 141 143 143 141 144 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	20.8% Poor	Read 164 Write 136 Mixed 89.7 SusWrite 143 30% 133 MB/s	4K Read 8.3 4K Write 9.5 4K Mixed 1.1 19% 6.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1.6 DQ Write 13.7 DQ Mixed 1.7 3% 5.67 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 39%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 984GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 141 141 142 142 142 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 72.2 Write 85.5 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 141 59% 81 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 2 365% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2400C10-8GTX Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	52% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 15.7 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 17 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 53%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	237x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	106x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	51x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	67x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	64x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	40x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $72Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	28x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	21x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	33x
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: 64% - Good

Total price: $635

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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