Asus Z97I-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.1% 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	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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97I-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141208
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '17 at 12:57
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 138 2-Core 275 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 698 74% 589 Pts	64-Core 682 42% 682 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Lighting 79 Reflection 78.5 Parallax 68.5 64% 75.3 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 73.3 Splatting 71.7 59% 72.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 mSATA 240GB-$120 1,180 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^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 2715 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2586 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 113 (AE) Unknown 100 100 373 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 32 292057776164 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 13461939194 (F7) Unknown 100 100 427481363 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1354460915	81.1% Excellent	Read 484 Write 243 Mixed 333 78% 353 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 28.6 114% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 50.6 98% 199 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 706GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 56257000 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2982 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 710758 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2184 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 467 (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 74 62 505020442 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5530 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 77309411354 (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 89416924135674 (F1) Unknown 100 253 744371166 (F2) Unknown 100 253 318789228344	103% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 180 Mixed 173 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.25 104% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%
Hitachi HTS723232A7A364 320GB 11,127 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 275GB free Firmware: EC2ZB70B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 235 235 73014444033 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 11085 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 10296 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 6127 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2448949287 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 53 53 472600 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 231928823836 (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 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	32.1% Below average	Read 53.9 Write 57.6 Mixed 50.8 41% 54.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.34 80% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 58%
Hitachi HTS543225L9A300 250GB-$30 4,341 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 210GB free Firmware: FBEOC40C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 143 143 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 7093 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 11970 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3840 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 88 88 2488 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 26688 (C2) HDA temperature 196 196 219043921948 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	32% Below average	Read 54.2 Write 57.2 Mixed 51 41% 54.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.37 83% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	62.8% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.1 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 63%

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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	233x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	103x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	51x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	66x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	63x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16