Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28.9% 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	140% 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	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 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140516
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '20 at 08:46
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 123 2-Core 242 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 604 66% 523 Pts	64-Core 578 36% 578 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Nvidia(10DE 1000) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	28.9% Poor	Lighting 35.2 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 40.8 29% 36.1 fps	MRender 37.9 Gravity 43.8 Splatting 28.3 29% 36.7 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 410GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 485 402 419 418 422 423 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 494 Mixed 406 SusWrite 428 104% 460 MB/s	4K Read 51.8 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 69.3 248% 91.3 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 250 218% 325 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 192 193 192 188 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 151 Mixed 86 SusWrite 191 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 53GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 74 74 72 74 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 66.5 Write 67.6 Mixed 47.6 SusWrite 73.3 47% 63.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.5 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 55%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97M-PLUS - $350

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	300x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	172x
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 $109Bench 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 $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