Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	108% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	20.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '22 at 20:12
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 106 2-Core 198 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 319 8-Core 497 50% 408 Pts	64-Core 535 33% 535 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	108% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 143 Parallax 134 114% 139 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 141 Splatting 113 101% 125 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 3GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 434 Write 435 Mixed 358 91% 409 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 46.8 165% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 176 184% 302 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 40GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 108 107 153 170 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 159 Mixed 108 SusWrite 135 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 235% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 109%
WD Purple Surveillance 4TB (2017)-$73 8,846 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00B80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 112 121 109 172 169 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 160 Write 160 Mixed 71.9 SusWrite 128 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.8 256% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 113%
SAMSUNG HM641JI 640GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 18GB free, PID 102a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.9 2.9 15 23 21 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	7.42% Terrible	Read 17.7 Write 4.5 Mixed 6.5 SusWrite 13.5 13% 10.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 38% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 7.42% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 0420 F3-2133C11-8GXL 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 0420 F3-2133C11-8GXL 24GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1867, 1867, 1867, 1867 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	66.1% Good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 20.9 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 21.2 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 66%

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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 $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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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