Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	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	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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150304
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '18 at 03:10
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 131 2-Core 252 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 662 70% 557 Pts	64-Core 650 40% 650 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6288) ≥ 4GB; 08G-P4-6288-KR CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 147 Parallax 128 117% 139 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 142 Splatting 112 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WD30EZRX-00D8PB0 500GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12407 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4562 (B1) Unknown 95 95 103 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 47 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 40 (F1) Unknown 99 99 58093852948	101% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 480 Mixed 490 110% 490 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 27.3 135% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 120 132% 216 MB/s
Poor: 101% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 112 (03) Spinup time 145 145 38684459462 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5566 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6540 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1000 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7935 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7935 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 219044642847 (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	91.1% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 155 Mixed 160 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.45 126% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 97%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 628GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 180 5850 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12907 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 19926 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4921 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 169 169 95685 (C2) HDA temperature 121 105 29 (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	49.7% Average	Read 94.5 Write 78.4 Mixed 104 70% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.2 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 2,252 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 18.1 56% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 18.8 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 76%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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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Value: 60% - Above average

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16