Asus Z97I-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94% 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	154% 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	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

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Motherboard	Asus Z97I-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '17 at 13:48
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 139 2-Core 273 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 725 77% 617 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2208 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 127 Parallax 120 96% 122 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 106 Splatting 112 90% 109 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 771 Write 621 Mixed 714 156% 702 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 50.9 220% 84.4 MB/s	DQ Read 554 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 36.8 128% 289 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 283%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 910 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 65 39 10885 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2217 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3481 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1261 (B5) Unknown 91 91 203086384 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 10 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 61 184684249114 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 26 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2236
Poor: 32% Great: 72%
Seagate ST9320320AS 320GB-$60 2,404 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 164GB free Firmware: BS04 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 100 202453259 (03) Spinup time 97 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2713 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 3095670 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2510 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 975 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 59 59 41 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 54 437452826 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 114 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 26154 (C2) HDA temperature 26 46 68719476762 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 44 202453259 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 4 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 4 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	31.2% Below average	Read 54.5 Write 54.3 Mixed 52.1 40% 53.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.26 61% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 37%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 16GB-$8 10,598 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 5GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 129 Write 40.8 Mixed 60.4 83% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.21 4K Write 2.74 4K Mixed 1.54 169% 3.5 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.4% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 19.9 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 25 SC Mixed 21.3 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 67%

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97I-PLUS - $200

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	233x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	102x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	51x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	66x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	63x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	40x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	27x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	21x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	32x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	28x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	28x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $658

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