Asus Z97I-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% 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	74% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

12 months ago, 12 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97I-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '23 at 09:13
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 101 2-Core 199 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 495 50% 408 Pts	64-Core 504 31% 504 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.68 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 140 Parallax 131 108% 134 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 136 Splatting 120 102% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC120G1SA754D117-820 120GB 1,827 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0815B SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 147 155 157 135 135 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	74% Very good	Read 492 Write 158 Mixed 206 SusWrite 142 55% 249 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 73.9 4K Mixed 33.3 118% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 152 127% 186 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 83%
WD Black SN770 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 54,201 User benchmarks, average bench 449% 370GB free Firmware: 731100WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 411 551 577 565 657 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 544 Write 516 Mixed 562 SusWrite 516 121% 535 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 67.8 4K Mixed 38.3 138% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 714 DQ Write 606 DQ Mixed 662 495% 660 MB/s
Poor: 249% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 623%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 21 28 27 49 73 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Read 4.7 Write 42 Mixed 6.5 SusWrite 37.6 16% 22.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.1 32% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Team-Elite-1600 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 15.7 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 17.2 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 61%

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Gaming 9%

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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	234x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	104x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	51x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	67x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	64x
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 $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