Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.9% 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	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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151025
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '18 at 11:32
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 110 2-Core 223 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 429 58% 432 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.9% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 111 Parallax 110 86% 109 fps	MRender 91.4 Gravity 95.8 Splatting 85.7 74% 90.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 835 Write 312 Mixed 407 113% 518 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 82.3 4K Mixed 11.2 91% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 23.7 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 11.7 56% 116 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 182%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 1TB 8,129 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 93GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 55.2 Write 67.6 Mixed 40.6 40% 54.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.4 92% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 108%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 522GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	31.8% Below average	Read 74.5 Write 75 Mixed 60.3 89% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.22 60% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB 4,966 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1648 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.2% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 18.6 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 20 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 61.2% 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	299x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	172x
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 $109Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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