Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	115% 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	90% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	19.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '17 at 18:53
Run Duration	298 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	57.6% Above average	Memory 75.2 1-Core 65.1 2-Core 140 56% 93.3 Pts	4-Core 217 8-Core 328 34% 272 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 57.6% 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: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 158 Parallax 136 127% 150 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 144 Splatting 113 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 250GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^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 2243 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1881 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 45 (AE) Unknown 100 100 195 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 49 219043790889 (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 27950364030 (F7) Unknown 100 100 877950894 (F8) Unknown 100 100 108405085	90% Excellent	Read 500 Write 467 Mixed 464 106% 477 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 19.3 124% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 19.7 42% 86.1 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 107%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$120 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 195 165 7241 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 803 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8902 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 547 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 120 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 967833 (C2) HDA temperature 112 107 40 (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	76.5% Very good	Read 152 Write 115 Mixed 120 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.24 84% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 87%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$59 112,929 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 5591 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 294 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1304 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 219 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 45 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1912 (C2) HDA temperature 112 108 38 (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	83.4% Excellent	Read 143 Write 147 Mixed 139 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.28 112% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$59 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 162 6100 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 367 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27228 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 276 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 82 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 17276 (C2) HDA temperature 113 105 37 (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	44.2% Average	Read 77.6 Write 75.9 Mixed 74 57% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.27 106% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44.2% 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 (91^st 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 1056 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2674 (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 7151 (0A) Spinup retry count 153 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2027 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 11581 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 37276 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 197568888868 (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 3764 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 264 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	58.6% Above average	Read 101 Write 103 Mixed 100 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.17 67% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 62%
TOSHIBA USB FLASH DRIVE 16GB 970 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 14GB free, PID 1408 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 86 Write 9.39 Mixed 24 37% 39.8 MB/s	4K Read 8.69 4K Write 0.46 72% 4.58 MB/s
Poor: 6% Great: 21%

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	49.1% Average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 15.4 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 12.1 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 90 44% 90 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 57%

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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	304x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	174x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	164x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	113x
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 $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	26x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	26x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	45x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	32x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	24x

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Total price: $998

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $149
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359