Asus Z97I-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	54.5% 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	65.3% 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.

Very high background CPU (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97I-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	4.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '16 at 17:12
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	62%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	69% Good	Memory 93.5 1-Core 102 2-Core 179 75% 125 Pts	4-Core 243 8-Core 393 39% 318 Pts	64-Core 345 21% 345 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5598 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Lighting 68.2 Reflection 71.9 Parallax 68 56% 69.4 fps	MRender 73.8 Gravity 63.7 Splatting 57.7 52% 65.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin ECO2 240GB-$109 340 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8646411 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -56264071577441 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 116 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 30 40 47247261726 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 47247261726 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8646411 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8646411 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8646411 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 25769803777 (E9) Unknown 0 0 472 (EA) Unknown 0 0 328 (F1) Unknown 0 0 328 (F2) Unknown 0 0 357	65.3% Good	Read 499 Write 224 Mixed 311 76% 345 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 11.9 100% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 31 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 12.6 26% 49.3 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 83%
WD WD2001FASS-00U0B0 2TB 6,005 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 01.00101 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 149 140 14516 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3552 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5672 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2050 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 331 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 173 173 82725 (C2) HDA temperature 127 90 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	64.8% Good	Read 117 Write 109 Mixed 108 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 2.79 4K Mixed 0.5 152% 1.45 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 83%
UFD 3.0 Silicon-Power128 127GB 264 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 118GB free, PID 5500, Silicon Power Blaze B05 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 149 Write 46.2 Mixed 25.2 71% 73.7 MB/s	4K Read 7.21 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.63 80% 2.92 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609ES2LX0. 1x8GB 974 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.6% Poor	MC Read 9.5 MC Write 7.3 MC Mixed 9.2 25% 8.67 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 8.7 25% 8.63 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 35%

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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	102x
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	27x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	21x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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