Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	66.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '18 at 22:52
Run Duration	285 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 119 2-Core 235 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 654 68% 545 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Lighting 84.1 Reflection 88.8 Parallax 85.8 69% 86.3 fps	MRender 82.9 Gravity 76.8 Splatting 68.8 62% 76.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11452 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 58 (B1) Unknown 97 97 62 (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 68 60 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 24 (F1) Unknown 99 99 36989981413	84.2% Excellent	Read 498 Write 404 Mixed 413 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 19.9 128% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 36.6 DQ Write 80.3 DQ Mixed 19.2 26% 45.3 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 915GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 181867464 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1711 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 183223 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8079 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 771 (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 72 66 471400476 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14205 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 55834574876 (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 -14396730371506 (F1) Unknown 100 253 115328818 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30340769452	112% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 190 Mixed 183 144% 191 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.25 95% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%
ST4000DM 005-2DP166 4TB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 172 Write 175 Mixed 160 217% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.27 81% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 69%
ST4000DM 000-1F2168 4TB 203 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 148 Write 133 Mixed 133 175% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.22 66% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 62%
ST4000DM 000-1F2168 4TB 108 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 22GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	50% Average	Read 120 Write 134 Mixed 127 166% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.18 44% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 59%
ST4000DM 000-1F2168 4TB 108 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 20GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 150 Write 126 Mixed 104 156% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.18 47% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 59%
WDC WD40 EZRX-00SPEB0 4TB 116 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 16GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	32% Below average	Read 71.5 Write 73.2 Mixed 73.9 95% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.22 71% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 61%
ST4000DM 000-1F2168 4TB 108 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 7GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 123 Write 111 Mixed 103 142% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.19 39% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 59%
ST4000DM 000-1F2168 4TB 108 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 7GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 147 Write 138 Mixed 115 168% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.2 50% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 2,133 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1648 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	62.8% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.2 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 20.6 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 59.3 67% 59.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 86%

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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	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 $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 $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 $176	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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