Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	0.97% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	75% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '19 at 12:01
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 107 2-Core 214 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 426 56% 419 Pts	64-Core 386 24% 386 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 210 98,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 8334) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.97% Terrible	Lighting 1.17 Reflection 1.77 Parallax 0.47 1% 1.13 fps	MRender 1.52 Gravity 0.87 Splatting 1.3 1% 1.23 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.97% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 92 96 90 94 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	75% Very good	Read 400 Write 140 Mixed 187 SusWrite 94.3 45% 205 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 38.1 151% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 130 106% 152 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 82%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 340GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 579 572 576 577 580 578 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	177% Outstanding	Read 733 Write 584 Mixed 626 SusWrite 577 142% 630 MB/s	4K Read 62.6 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 79.7 258% 85.8 MB/s	DQ Read 787 DQ Write 627 DQ Mixed 1,122 727% 845 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 177% Great: 355%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 750GB 286 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 500GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 106 105 108 109 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 62.5 Write 82 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 107 53% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.1 193% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 66%
SAMSUNG HM640JJ 640GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 69GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 87 87 83 86 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	Read 77.2 Write 54.2 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 85.1 90% 67.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 104% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 18.9 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 20.2 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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	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 $90Bench 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 $256	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 $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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16