Asus Z97I-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% 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	63.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97I-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '22 at 02:10
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 213 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 636 64% 518 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$910 424,051 User benchmarks, average bench 187% Nvidia(10DE 1467) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 516.59 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (143 fps cap detected)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 137 Parallax 143 117% 141 fps	MRender 143 Gravity 143 Splatting 143 117% 143 fps
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 202%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_M600_MTFDDAK512MBF 512GB 918 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 77 50 49 49 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 424 Write 49.6 Mixed 337 SusWrite 53.8 48% 216 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 56 4K Mixed 31 113% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 48.8 DQ Mixed 81.7 86% 151 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 104%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 44GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 328 203 180 170 161 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 481 Mixed 458 SusWrite 244 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 60.9 206% 74.1 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 362 271% 361 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 109 110 110 110 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 97.7 Write 99.6 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 109 70% 94.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 9,944 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	68.7% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 21.6 68% 24 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 21.2 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 70%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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