Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	177% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	19 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	May 29 '20 at 20:43
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 109 2-Core 184 76% 128 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 415 54% 409 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$239 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C758) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.8% Very good	Lighting 90.4 Reflection 81.3 Parallax 77.6 74% 83.1 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 72.8 Splatting 72.2 68% 85.5 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 377GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 516 616 601 608 584 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	177% Outstanding	Read 675 Write 542 Mixed 662 SusWrite 540 136% 605 MB/s	4K Read 62.7 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 81.6 271% 93 MB/s	DQ Read 779 DQ Write 681 DQ Mixed 1,100 723% 853 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 177% Great: 340%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 819GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 205 202 205 205 206 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 160 Mixed 88.2 SusWrite 203 119% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 165% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 112%
F8 T5 69GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 2% 59GB free, PID 0917 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.9 1 1 1 1 1 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.29% Terrible	Read 0.8 Write 0.8 Mixed 1 SusWrite 1 1% 0.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 57% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.29% Great: 3%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-053.A00LF KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.2% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 13.4 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 15.2 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 59%

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

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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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	26x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $74Bench 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) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16