Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '22 at 01:04
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	68% Good	Memory 80.7 1-Core 94.2 2-Core 140 64% 105 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 384 44% 346 Pts	64-Core 393 24% 393 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3050-$230 43,922 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Gigabyte(1458 40A9) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.79 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	62.1% Good	Lighting 82.2 Reflection 70.5 Parallax 73.5 67% 75.4 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 65.2 Splatting 58.6 52% 64.9 fps
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 364 Write 209 Mixed 220 58% 264 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 59.1 4K Mixed 24.2 99% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 25.1 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 35.6 37% 56.6 MB/s
Poor: 54% Great: 91%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 247GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 347 346 340 290 298 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 392 Write 393 Mixed 389 SusWrite 326 85% 375 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 72.5 4K Mixed 40.5 135% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 44.9 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 60.5 54% 77.5 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 133%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 36GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 129 134 127 122 135 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Read 148 Write 141 Mixed 64.4 SusWrite 130 88% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.8 338% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 94%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 683GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 135 134 136 127 135 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 139 Write 128 Mixed 109 SusWrite 133 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata AM2L16BC8R2-B06S 2x8GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	41.8% Average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 13.1 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 13.3 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 79.2 50% 79.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 59%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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 $79Bench 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