Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	116% 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	91.3% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

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Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	20 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '17 at 18:00
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 135 2-Core 268 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 578 66% 516 Pts	64-Core 614 38% 614 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 0426) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 158 Parallax 136 129% 151 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 146 Splatting 112 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 248GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2032 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1856 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 43 (AE) Unknown 100 100 193 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 53 201863921699 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 8 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 26855836215 (F7) Unknown 100 100 843568740 (F8) Unknown 100 100 83651179	91.3% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 476 Mixed 463 105% 471 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 20.9 137% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 31.4 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 31.3 38% 64.2 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 107%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 222 165 5858 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 752 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8691 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 522 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 118 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 967035 (C2) HDA temperature 117 108 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	61.6% Good	Read 107 Write 108 Mixed 114 83% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.22 84% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 87%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$39 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 172 5558 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 243 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1093 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 194 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1528 (C2) HDA temperature 118 110 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	84% Excellent	Read 144 Write 148 Mixed 137 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.26 107% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$39 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 203 162 4816 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 316 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27017 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 251 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 80 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 16851 (C2) HDA temperature 119 105 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48.6% Average	Read 98.9 Write 70.1 Mixed 79 62% 82.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.18 86% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 83%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 417GB free Firmware: AX001A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1041 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2623 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 6940 (0A) Spinup retry count 152 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2002 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 11581 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 36802 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 197568888862 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 91 91 3738 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 275 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	58.3% Above average	Read 103 Write 99.9 Mixed 101 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.2 75% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BD160B.C16 Kingston 99U5584-004.A00LF 1315 CT102464BD160B.C16 Kingston 99U5584-004.A00LF 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	54.7% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 15.8 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 16.9 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 57%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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 $55Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	163x

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 $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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16