Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.4% 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	115% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '18 at 10:01
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 479 66% 492 Pts	64-Core 513 32% 513 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4992) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.4% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 113 Parallax 112 88% 111 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 99.9 Splatting 80.8 74% 91.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$155 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 295 289 278 270 267 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 422 Mixed 327 SusWrite 282 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 52.7 198% 75 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 347 264% 357 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 124GB free Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 244 244 246 246 246 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Read 466 Write 254 Mixed 171 SusWrite 246 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 26.8 143% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 57.6 104% 210 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 200 203 201 202 203 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 167 Mixed 84.8 SusWrite 200 119% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 114%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 2GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.8 8.5 9 9 9.6 9 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	9.98% Terrible	Read 42.9 Write 2.7 Mixed 2.7 SusWrite 8.8 13% 14.3 MB/s	4K Read 7.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 29% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 9.98% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	63.4% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 19.6 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 63%

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

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Gaming 42%

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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	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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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