Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	18.3% 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)
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140516
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '19 at 19:23
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 106 2-Core 216 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 435 58% 435 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650 Ti Boost-$140 15,701 User benchmarks, average bench 17% MSI(1462 2874) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Lighting 21.2 Reflection 19.5 Parallax 25.4 17% 22 fps	MRender 27.5 Gravity 25.3 Splatting 23 20% 25.3 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4478 Write 47.5 Mixed 133 323% 1,553 MB/s	4K Read 1,097 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 8.3 1,673% 369 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$86 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 425GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 72 73 72 73 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 89.8 Write 90.8 Mixed 71.3 SusWrite 72.1 60% 81 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 88%
Samsung Flash Drive 64GB 8,748 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 59GB free, PID 1000, SAMSUNG BAR PLUS 64GB Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 12 14 13 14 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	27.9% Poor	Read 29.8 Write 22.3 Mixed 25.5 SusWrite 13.6 30% 22.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 6.3 4K Mixed 4.3 380% 5.27 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 111%
Patriot Memory 248GB 113 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 230GB free, PID 6300, PATRIOT SLATE 256GB Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.2 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	4.1% Terrible	Read 15 Write 2.8 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 5.6 8% 6.92 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 11% 1 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.1% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 24 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 20.8 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 72%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	173x
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 $94Bench 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 $269	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 $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