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 (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	72.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 30 '18 at 18:58
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 134 2-Core 275 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 676 71% 570 Pts	64-Core 737 46% 737 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.93 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 108 Reflection 115 Parallax 104 88% 109 fps	Gravity 101 Splatting 94.1 86% 97.5 fps
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 256GB-$164 6,726 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.6.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 17841026 (05) Reallocated sector count 90 90 8 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 113395726566274 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1476 (AB) Unknown 100 100 4 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 305 (B1) Unknown 0 0 93 (B5) Unknown 100 100 4 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 1095219740705 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 17841026 (C4) Reallocation count 90 90 8 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 17841026 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 17841026 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 21474836480 (E9) Unknown 0 0 62816 (EA) Unknown 0 0 64315 (F1) Unknown 0 0 64315 (F2) Unknown 0 0 68474	72.4% Very good	Read 461 Write 247 Mixed 320 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 15 109% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 9.5 49% 115 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 117373472 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5118 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 198613388 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15616 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1326 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 76 76 24 (BE) vendor-specific 73 51 454623259 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 76 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 51063 (C2) HDA temperature 27 49 8589934619 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -13507672135580 (F1) Unknown 100 253 176556233584 (F2) Unknown 100 253 579985396877	95.6% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 133 Mixed 128 115% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 3.31 4K Mixed 0.22 116% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 108683448 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9484 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 12902134392 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16659 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1397 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 71 54 488177693 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 85 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 58386 (C2) HDA temperature 29 46 8589934621 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 10475425242293 (F1) Unknown 100 253 83470621782 (F2) Unknown 100 253 110776913923	78.2% Very good	Read 146 Write 127 Mixed 152 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.31 93% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 495GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 97186456 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 55 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 43211208 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2906 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 50 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 71 63 488177693 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1014 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 64424509469 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 16329465662219 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18738567125 (F2) Unknown 100 253 24207589762	103% Outstanding	Read 218 Write 140 Mixed 157 129% 171 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.19 94% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 495GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 90 137276560 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 57 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 38873183 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2908 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 52 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 65 504954910 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1227 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 64424509470 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -64295660418311 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12792929363 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23854461315	105% Outstanding	Read 225 Write 142 Mixed 160 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.35 89% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 310GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 129261152 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1139 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 72850437 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12742 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1131 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 65538 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 53 471334940 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 52185 (C2) HDA temperature 28 47 25769803804 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -44259637973984 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26316316632 (F2) Unknown 100 253 463298251235	103% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 170 Mixed 158 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.25 84% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 19,207 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 18.8 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 21.3 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 62%

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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