Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	101% 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	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, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '17 at 10:24
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	4%

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 i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 230 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 640 65% 529 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 375.70 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.1% Above average	Lighting 66.2 Reflection 70.1 Parallax 62.3 54% 66.2 fps	MRender 74.8 Gravity 62.7 Splatting 54.6 51% 64 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 2285 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 730 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 42 (A8) Unknown 100 100 92 (A9) Unknown 100 100 779 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 20 (AE) Unknown 100 100 532 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 6385 (C2) HDA temperature 68 55 236224053280 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 66 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 11138 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4136 (F2) Unknown 253 253 10292 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	101% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 467 Mixed 469 107% 478 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 29.4 127% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 64 116% 230 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 116GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 1620 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1382 (A5) Unknown 100 100 395196826410 (A6) Unknown 100 100 12 (A7) Unknown 100 100 47 (A8) Unknown 100 100 50 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 34 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1127 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 51 219044315168 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3663713011280 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 15585 (EA) Unknown 100 100 16780 (F1) Unknown 253 253 904 (F2) Unknown 253 253 17024 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	85.2% Excellent	Read 489 Write 325 Mixed 325 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 72.9 4K Mixed 22.1 113% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 53.1 100% 203 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 108%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 174 5566 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5245 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17691 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 947 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 78 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 163 163 113201 (C2) HDA temperature 118 101 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	62.7% Good	Read 110 Write 108 Mixed 95.4 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.28 108% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 83%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 904GB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 104 (03) Spinup time 145 145 25802244506 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 83 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 15 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2369 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 83 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 173 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 173 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 231929544742 (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	74.8% Very good	Read 130 Write 130 Mixed 128 98% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 3.34 4K Mixed 0.58 161% 1.58 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 121%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 499GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 207 183 2650 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 238 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5090 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 237 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 201 (C2) HDA temperature 112 100 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	54.1% Above average	Read 87.7 Write 100 Mixed 92.8 71% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.37 125% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 112%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$86 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 96GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 169 5691 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 933 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7611 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 418 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5737 (C2) HDA temperature 119 106 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	50.9% Above average	Read 87.4 Write 89.6 Mixed 90.7 67% 89.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.2 94% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 88%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 32GB 601 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 11GB free, PID 0745 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	24.9% Poor	Read 31.1 Write 27.5 Mixed 24.7 35% 27.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.24 4K Write 4.29 4K Mixed 2.78 260% 4.1 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 4x8GB 995 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 19.5 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 67%

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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	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 $90Bench 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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Total price: $998

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $47	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16