Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.04% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	103% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '17 at 23:49
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 626 62% 506 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% MSI(1462 2130) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.18% Terrible	Lighting 1.37 Reflection 2.08 Parallax 1.66 1% 1.7 fps	MRender 1.86 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 2 1% 1.56 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.18% Great: 1%
Nvidia GeForce GT 220 19,671 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Nvidia(10DE 069A) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	3.04% Terrible	Lighting 3.47 Reflection 5.31 Parallax 1.41 3% 3.39 fps	MRender 6.43 Gravity 2.5 Splatting 3.96 4% 4.3 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.04% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18128 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1817 (B1) Unknown 97 97 127 (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 72 52 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 145 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29000887205	103% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 339 Mixed 420 95% 426 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 37.7 154% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 128 152% 264 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 119%
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150 19,279 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 521GB free Firmware: MS2OA5R0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 79 41877725 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 72 (03) Spinup time 171 171 12893618311 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3702 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 34287 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2019 (C0) Power-off retract count 57 57 52763 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 57 57 52773 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 180389543961 (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	73.3% Very good	Read 117 Write 138 Mixed 117 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.16 66% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 99%
Seagate BUP Slim BL 1TB 4,375 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 460GB free Firmware: 0302 Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	23.4% Poor	Read 38.8 Write 42.2 Mixed 40 30% 40.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.36 97% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 64%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 350GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 139 3841 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6112 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21792 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5693 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 129 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5982 (C2) HDA temperature 103 89 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 72 72 21092 (F1) Unknown 200 200 2732244544 (F2) Unknown 200 200 6911214575	68.7% Good	Read 127 Write 113 Mixed 113 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.4 94% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB HMT325U6CFR8C-PB HMT351U6CFR8C-PB HMT325U6CFR8C-PB 12GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	58.5% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 16.5 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20.9 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 59%

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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	299x
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 $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