Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	186% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '17 at 10:21
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 243 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 572 64% 501 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% EVGA(3842 6367) 3GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Lighting 79.1 Reflection 74.5 Parallax 63.9 64% 72.5 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 72.6 Splatting 73.3 60% 72.6 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 231GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^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 100 100 337 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9809 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 67 (A3) Unknown 100 100 24 (A4) Unknown 100 100 41608 (A5) Unknown 100 100 105 (A6) Unknown 100 100 7 (A7) Unknown 100 100 38 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 9 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 128 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 63947 (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 100 100 253 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 186080 (F2) Unknown 100 100 115296 (F5) Unknown 100 100 332864	95.6% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 358 Mixed 426 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 92.8 4K Mixed 36.7 132% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 71.7 113% 214 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 103%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 144GB free Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 637 Write 540 Mixed 576 130% 584 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 42.8 151% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 370 DQ Mixed 97.2 136% 247 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 157%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	186% Outstanding	Read 1,314 Write 995 Mixed 1,033 248% 1,114 MB/s	4K Read 51.9 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 42.3 184% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 493 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 159 178% 307 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 186% Great: 236%
ST320005 42AS 2TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 1.5TB free, PID 0718 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 27.9 Write 30.7 Mixed 11.3 29% 23.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.27 61% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 99U5471-056.A00LF 99U5471-054.A00LF 99U5471-056.A00LF 32GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1648, 1648, 1648, 1648 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 16.8 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 20.7 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 61%

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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	302x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	173x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 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	45x
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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Total price: $998

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) $28	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