Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.2% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	44.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140504
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '21 at 20:06
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Memory 75.1 1-Core 108 2-Core 188 71% 124 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 496 52% 415 Pts	64-Core 559 35% 559 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.2% Terrible	Lighting 3.7 Reflection 2.6 Parallax 6.5 3% 4.27 fps	MRender 5.8 Gravity 2.5 Splatting 4.7 4% 4.33 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.2% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 73 22 90 62 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 384 Write 409 Mixed 40.6 SusWrite 80.7 51% 229 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 32.5 4K Mixed 25.6 52% 19.8 MB/s	DQ Read 78.1 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 199 134% 157 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 100%
Fujitsu MHZ2320BH G2 320GB 3,061 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 47GB free Firmware: 8909 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 48 50 50 49 49 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	25.6% Poor	Read 39.8 Write 39.1 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 49.2 29% 39 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 35%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 388GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 114 117 118 117 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 120 Write 115 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 116 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 16GB 183 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 9.3 MC Mixed 7.5 25% 8.63 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 8.7 25% 8.77 GB/s	Latency 90.1 44% 90.1 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 59%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	60	21.5"	1280 720	SAM0D1A S22F350

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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	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 $75Bench 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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16