Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	153% 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.
Boot Drive	86.3% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '20 at 02:38
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 206 82% 140 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 529 61% 476 Pts	64-Core 560 35% 560 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2487) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	153% Outstanding	Lighting 203 Reflection 248 Parallax 277 165% 243 fps	MRender 272 Gravity 232 Splatting 142 168% 215 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP600 256GB 4,724 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 186 217 219 215 219 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Read 425 Write 66 Mixed 217 SusWrite 208 50% 229 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 40.5 151% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 115 117% 189 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 97%
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 110GB free Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 223 77 77 76 78 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 425 Mixed 388 SusWrite 144 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 49.4 173% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 240 201% 290 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 95%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 44GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 93 96 96 92 95 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 94.2 Write 98.4 Mixed 55.1 SusWrite 94.2 63% 85.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 83%
SanDisk Ultra 16GB 4,598 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 1GB free, PID 5590 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 81.5 Write 27.7 Mixed 48.9 59% 52.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 3.6 232% 4 MB/s
Poor: 10% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.5% Above average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 21.6 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 1 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 80%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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 $94Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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