Asus Z97I-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	18.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	61.6% 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 Z97I-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	2.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150309
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '18 at 19:43
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 104 2-Core 205 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 372 52% 382 Pts	64-Core 399 25% 399 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Asus(1043 84BB) CLim: 1346 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	18.1% Very poor	Lighting 22.7 Reflection 17.5 Parallax 20.5 18% 20.2 fps	MRender 25.6 Gravity 22.7 Splatting 17.5 18% 21.9 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SM2280S3 SATA M.2 120GB-$128 1,644 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM06.A SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 104 35 217 230 147 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 415 Write 38.2 Mixed 27.1 SusWrite 129 33% 152 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 72.9 4K Mixed 19 97% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 62 82% 147 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 82%
WDC WD10EARS-00Y5B1 480GB 79GB free Firmware: MU01.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 81 71 72 72 71 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 433 Write 372 Mixed 123 SusWrite 127 58% 264 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 45.6 4K Mixed 31.1 105% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 232 161% 207 MB/s

WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 792GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 134 132 135 131 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Read 148 Write 136 Mixed 73.7 SusWrite 131 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 87%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 69GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 68 70 70 70 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	Read 40.9 Write 32.6 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 68.7 33% 44.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905474-050.A00LF 2x4GB 214 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1373 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.7 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 15.5 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 52%

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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 $90Bench 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 $269	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16