Asus Z97I-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97I-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '19 at 22:14
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 125 2-Core 247 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 646 69% 549 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$80 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 266GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.8 9.1 9 8.7 7.5 7.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	13.6% Very poor	Read 39.2 Write 7 Mixed 13.7 SusWrite 8.3 13% 17.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0 6% 0.07 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 41%
PNY OU3 3.0 16GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 11GB free, PID 6101 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 5.3 6.5 6.4 6.5 6.4 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	10.7% Very poor	Read 40 Write 18 Mixed 13.3 SusWrite 6.9 22% 19.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.7 68% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	60.2% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 19.7 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus Z97I-PLUS - $200

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	233x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	103x
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	28x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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