Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics101% 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 Drive73.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z97M-PLUS  (all builds)
Memory12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150519
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateFeb 16 '18 at 00:43
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User ITA-User
Background CPU 23%
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 PC Performing as expected (53rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770-$75
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
78.2% Very good
Memory 89.3
1-Core 104
2-Core 210
77% 134 Pts
4-Core 362
8-Core 578
58% 470 Pts
64-Core 577
36% 577 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 78.2%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
101% Outstanding
Lighting 130
Reflection 142
Parallax 127
106% 133 fps
MRender 113
Gravity 129
Splatting 105
94% 116 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 101%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow KC300 120GB-$80
31GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 507KC4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
73.3% Very good
Read 487
Write 164
Mixed 214
63% 289 MB/s
4K Read 33.7
4K Write 87.1
4K Mixed 21.4
124% 47.4 MB/s
DQ Read 158
DQ Write 174
DQ Mixed 50.4
70% 127 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 73.3%
Great: 86%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64
58GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
60.9% Good
Read 94.3
Write 118
Mixed 112
82% 108 MB/s
4K Read 0.35
4K Write 1.88
4K Mixed 0.24
76% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 60.9%
Great: 85%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown F3-14900CL9-4GBSR Samsung M378B1G73DB0-CK0 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 16GB
1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 8192, 4096 MB
Performing below potential (33rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
37.8% Below average
MC Read 13.4
MC Write 13
MC Mixed 10.4
35% 12.3 GB/s
SC Read 11.1
SC Write 13.4
SC Mixed 12
35% 12.2 GB/s
Latency 68.2
59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 37.8%
Great: 58%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97M-PLUS Builds (Compare 1,034 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97M-PLUS - $350

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $998
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