Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	85.2% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '17 at 18:34
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 230 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 458 61% 454 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Asus(1043 04DD) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Lighting 66.1 Reflection 59.2 Parallax 75.5 54% 66.9 fps	MRender 59 Gravity 53.3 Splatting 74.3 52% 62.2 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2660 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 450 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (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 70 43 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 28 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4105338740	85.2% Excellent	Read 497 Write 401 Mixed 418 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 21.4 131% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 32.6 DQ Write 89.3 DQ Mixed 104 67% 75.2 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 124%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 403GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 131 126 4416 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1258 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3021 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 568 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3802 (C2) HDA temperature 120 96 23 (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	86.6% Excellent	Read 179 Write 123 Mixed 133 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.16 78% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 87%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 36GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 140 3925 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 911 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4154 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 742 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 49 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 861 (C2) HDA temperature 118 100 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 95 95 3718 (F1) Unknown 200 200 5404145407 (F2) Unknown 200 200 5931171585	42% Average	Read 76.2 Write 70.3 Mixed 68.5 54% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.28 72% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x4GB 6,123 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 29.4 93% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 25.6 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 90%

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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 $109Bench 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 $179	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