Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	74.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '18 at 19:34
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 120 2-Core 238 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 615 63% 507 Pts	64-Core 615 38% 615 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2530 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 44.7 Reflection 51.5 Parallax 41.8 36% 46 fps	Gravity 44.7 Splatting 58.3 47% 51.5 fps
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 150 137 155 142 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 288 Write 208 Mixed 237 SusWrite 149 49% 221 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 38.1 150% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 165 127% 171 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 85%
Crucial MX300 1TB-$160 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 362GB free Firmware: M0CR050 SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 453 390 368 371 369 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 415 Write 472 Mixed 386 SusWrite 395 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 42.8 159% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 345 258% 344 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 88GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 89 91 91 91 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 88.7 Write 82.5 Mixed 28.7 SusWrite 90 53% 72.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 6.6 4K Mixed 0.5 207% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 88%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 829GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 92 94 95 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 94.8 Write 44.2 Mixed 49 SusWrite 93.3 52% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905402-663.A00LF 2x4GB 75 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	48.8% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 14.4 46% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 15.5 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 51%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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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 $55Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	163x

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 $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	26x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $125	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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