Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	121% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	119% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	18.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '17 at 17:25
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 88 1-Core 109 2-Core 212 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 564 58% 465 Pts	64-Core 561 35% 561 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB; Gigabyte Geforce GTX 1080 Ti Gaming OC 11GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 202 Parallax 179 132% 181 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 171 Splatting 124 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 585 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 120 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 57 51 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 13 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2904008122	119% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 406 Mixed 416 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 50.3 197% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 115 144% 256 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 67GB free Firmware: EXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11899 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2544 (B1) Unknown 86 86 169 (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 65 52 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 91 (F1) Unknown 99 99 36287972857	95.1% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 345 Mixed 342 87% 391 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 24.2 141% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 66.6 112% 221 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 687GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 2333 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 411 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 584 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 121 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 401 (C2) HDA temperature 107 103 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	99% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 169 Mixed 161 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.37 132% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 196GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 168 1775 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4383 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12072 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2535 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 83 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4299 (C2) HDA temperature 111 101 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	75.4% Very good	Read 165 Write 97.4 Mixed 107 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.34 103% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 109%
SAMSUNG HM641JI 640GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 13GB free, PID 102a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	20.1% Poor	Read 38.4 Write 42.3 Mixed 23.6 44% 34.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.4 74% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 0420 F3-2133C11-8GXL 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 0420 F3-2133C11-8GXL 24GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56.6% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.6 56% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 18.8 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 66%

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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 $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 $269	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