Asus Z97I-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	67.1% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97I-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '17 at 20:55
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 98.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 260 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 516 70% 522 Pts	64-Core 513 32% 513 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% EVGA(3842 3757) CLim: 1463 MHz, MLim: 1309 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.66 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 26.5 Reflection 19.8 Parallax 22.9 22% 23.1 fps	Gravity 26.2 Splatting 19.4 20% 22.8 fps
Poor: 16% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_CT120M500SSD4 120GB 178 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1699 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 825 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 177 (AE) Unknown 100 100 149 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1990 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 54 38 266287972398 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 14449632682 (F7) Unknown 100 100 30317880 (F8) Unknown 100 100 956863726	67.1% Good	Read 495 Write 135 Mixed 196 60% 275 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 25.1 121% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 26.4 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 17.3 27% 49 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 77%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 201GB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 101070360 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 124 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3315247 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 555 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 101 (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 59 55 705888297 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 245 (C2) HDA temperature 41 45 68719476777 (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 64454574211575 (F1) Unknown 100 253 92881724947838 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23628769132168	76.3% Very good	Read 151 Write 116 Mixed 108 93% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.29 97% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 114%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 113GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 141 3900 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4255 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5278 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 818 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 118 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4136 (C2) HDA temperature 102 92 41 (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	49.5% Average	Read 98.8 Write 73.7 Mixed 83.3 64% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.27 68% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 69%
ST500DM0 02-1BD142 500GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 401GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Read 38 Write 36.7 Mixed 37.3 48% 37.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.56 60% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x4GB 6,123 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 29.1 90% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 26.6 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 44 91% 44 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 90%

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97I-PLUS - $200

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	234x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	104x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	51x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	67x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	64x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	40x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	28x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	21x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	32x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	28x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	28x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $658

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16