Asus Z97I-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.6% 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	84.8% 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97I-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '17 at 05:15
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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 i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 94 2-Core 200 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 554 57% 458 Pts	64-Core 557 34% 557 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.3.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Lighting 44.7 Reflection 50.5 Parallax 53.1 36% 49.4 fps	MRender 49 Gravity 39.6 Splatting 37.7 34% 42.1 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 776 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 251 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 57 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 24 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3592067839	84.8% Excellent	Read 489 Write 403 Mixed 415 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 66.1 4K Mixed 35.4 123% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 30.1 DQ Write 83.1 DQ Mixed 19.4 26% 44.2 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 23GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 668 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 190 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 53 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4194076566	93.4% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 401 Mixed 412 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 65.7 4K Mixed 44.3 134% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 32.5 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 19 53% 105 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 134%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 694GB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 77 64 47592280 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 352 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5368959 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -17244293692672 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 236 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 59 538116125 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3299 (C2) HDA temperature 29 41 55834574877 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 24988119728639 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2355640489 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2089111969 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	59.6% Above average	Read 106 Write 101 Mixed 68.8 68% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 4.11 4K Mixed 0.43 159% 1.79 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 18JSF1G72AZ-1G9P1 2x8GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	63.7% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 19.2 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 19.8 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 62%

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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	103x
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	28x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	21x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $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