Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.6% 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	63% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	26GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 26GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	22.2 GB free of 26 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151204
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '17 at 23:18
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	55%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$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 (98^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 118 2-Core 227 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 606 60% 490 Pts	64-Core 640 40% 640 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 116 Parallax 101 92% 110 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 103 Splatting 104 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M5S 128GB-$75 5,727 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14285 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3679 (B1) Unknown 100 100 604417 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 648 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1852 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 412496 (F2) Unknown 100 100 755817	63% Good	Read 478 Write 194 Mixed 275 69% 315 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 38.9 4K Mixed 23.2 88% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 50.8 DQ Mixed 36.3 46% 86.2 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 84%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 198GB free Firmware: 12.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 198 0 (03) Spinup time 157 153 5141 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6337 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25964 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5415 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 2220 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8075 (C2) HDA temperature 117 88 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 32 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	29% Poor	Read 46.2 Write 54.4 Mixed 51.2 38% 50.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.31 94% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 60%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$43 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 124GB free Firmware: 19.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 198 6099 (03) Spinup time 143 139 3825 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 980 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17974 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 420 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 120 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 859 (C2) HDA temperature 107 100 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 80 80 15310 (F1) Unknown 200 200 30047142510 (F2) Unknown 200 200 14333369391	64.2% Good	Read 117 Write 107 Mixed 99.4 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.38 93% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 250GB-$23 32,491 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 121GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 1384 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2888 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 30213778809 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9391 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2661 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 31 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 49 9229369375 (C2) HDA temperature 31 51 -140737488355297 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 26 1384 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 188 85260 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 25108378821910 (F1) Unknown 100 253 760827402 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3686826162	71.1% Very good	Read 126 Write 123 Mixed 108 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.6 99% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73DB0-CK0 M378B1G73DB0-CK0 M378B1G73EB0-YK0 1315 CT25664BA1339.C8F1 26GB 1420, 1420, 1420, 1420 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.6% Average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 12.9 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 15.6 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns

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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 $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 $273	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 $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 $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