Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	120% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '20 at 06:20
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 258 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 709 72% 583 Pts	64-Core 683 42% 683 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 152 Parallax 141 120% 147 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 142 Splatting 113 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 359 463 438 381 348 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 490 Mixed 387 SusWrite 379 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 54 194% 72.7 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 356 270% 363 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
Adata SP900NS38 128GB 273 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 32GB free Firmware: 6.0.9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 98 102 110 108 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 300 Write 127 Mixed 179 SusWrite 105 39% 178 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 36.6 160% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 88.2 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 104 80% 106 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 71%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: ML6OA800 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 125 125 123 124 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	73% Very good	Read 130 Write 128 Mixed 72.8 SusWrite 124 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 73%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: ML6OA800 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 121 121 123 123 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 127 Write 116 Mixed 70 SusWrite 122 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3-1600 CL9 4GB Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 0622 DDR3-1600 CL9 4GB Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1632, 1632, 1632, 1632 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	63.8% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19.6 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 19.2 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 64%

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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	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 $90Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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