Asus Z97I-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 60.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	22.8% 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	137% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97I-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '19 at 15:00
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G3258-$31 23,497 User benchmarks, average bench 53% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	60.7% Good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 106 2-Core 220 76% 136 Pts	4-Core 226 8-Core 238 31% 232 Pts	64-Core 246 15% 246 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B E221) 2GB CLim: 920 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.4.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.8% Poor	Lighting 27.8 Reflection 30 Parallax 33.3 23% 30.4 fps	MRender 26.5 Gravity 22 Splatting 33.9 23% 27.5 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 503 302 301 289 146 147 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 667 Write 548 Mixed 396 SusWrite 281 106% 473 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 46.8 205% 83.3 MB/s	DQ Read 783 DQ Write 628 DQ Mixed 58.4 220% 490 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 63GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 463 Write 445 Mixed 372 95% 427 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 44.8 167% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 44.7 68% 133 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
PNY CS900 240GB-$22 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 97GB free Firmware: CS900J13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 366 359 318 104 106 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	35.4% Below average	Read 161 Write 87.4 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 250 33% 145 MB/s	4K Read 12.7 4K Write 18.6 4K Mixed 10.1 42% 13.8 MB/s	DQ Read 15.4 DQ Write 27.2 DQ Mixed 12.7 12% 18.4 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 91%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 227GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 376 368 325 106 108 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 449 Write 450 Mixed 390 SusWrite 267 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 60.9 200% 71.1 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 60.1 111% 222 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 129%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR3 1600 C11 1x8GB 868 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1099 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	24.2% Poor	MC Read 7.7 MC Write 8 MC Mixed 7.2 22% 7.63 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 6.8 SC Mixed 6.7 18% 6.43 GB/s	Latency 76.4 52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 24.2% Great: 34%

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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