Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 35% Jet ski	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 37.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	3.92% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	63.7% 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.

Very high background CPU (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	7.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '17 at 20:35
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	63%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 2.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	37.9% Below average	Memory 48.6 1-Core 39.1 2-Core 39.1 30% 42.3 Pts	4-Core 147 8-Core 350 28% 248 Pts	64-Core 640 40% 640 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4703 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.92% Terrible	Lighting 3.97 Reflection 6.73 Parallax 6.62 3% 5.77 fps	MRender 8.86 Gravity 2.37 Splatting 7.74 5% 6.32 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.92% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 SSD 2TB 565GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 162 5708 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17393 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 34 34 48367 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1195 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 617 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 136 136 192518 (C2) HDA temperature 118 106 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

Crucial M550 512GB-$283 5,683 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 296GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^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 22557 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 547 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 130 (AE) Unknown 100 100 384 (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 50 214749216803 (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 5 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 69772637321 (F7) Unknown 100 100 2194643770 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2179071805	63.7% Good	Read 373 Write 299 Mixed 400 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 16.1 94% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 57.5 DQ Write 71.2 DQ Mixed 25.2 30% 51.3 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 111%
Crucial M550 512GB-$283 5,683 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 95GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 210 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17649 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 494 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 75 (AE) Unknown 100 100 340 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 56 188979675170 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 39698896376 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1264463686 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1237012134	62.4% Good	Read 483 Write 437 Mixed 462 103% 461 MB/s	4K Read 6.71 4K Write 21.5 4K Mixed 9.64 34% 12.6 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 83.4 DQ Mixed 32.4 51% 100 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 111%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 170 950 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8415 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24653 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1354 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 676 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 183 183 51607 (C2) HDA temperature 117 84 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 9	60.8% Good	Read 103 Write 109 Mixed 101 79% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.15 77% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-036.A00LF 2x8GB 1,048 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	40.8% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 14.2 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 8.1 19% 6.73 GB/s	Latency 166 24% 166 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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