Asus Z97I-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z97I-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140627
Uptime	13.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '19 at 03:37
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 93.6 1-Core 88 2-Core 175 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 295 8-Core 262 38% 278 Pts	64-Core 304 19% 304 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3755) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.6% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 106 Parallax 117 93% 113 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 108 Splatting 82 86% 109 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 140 147 145 142 132 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	60.6% Good	Read 242 Write 215 Mixed 257 SusWrite 141 48% 214 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 71.2 4K Mixed 35.6 125% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 38.1 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 43.5 43% 65 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 94%
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 50GB free Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 57 59 58 58 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 359 Write 376 Mixed 228 SusWrite 58.6 57% 255 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 77.5 4K Mixed 31.7 121% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 33.5 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 39.2 42% 66.7 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 106%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 142 148 146 142 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 161 Mixed 99.3 SusWrite 144 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 207% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 101%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 212GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 57 59 58 58 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	37.6% Below average	Read 72.5 Write 75.3 Mixed 73 SusWrite 58 52% 69.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Vulcan-2400 2x8GB 444 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	75.5% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 25.2 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 19.5 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 87%

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Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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