Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	89.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	19.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '17 at 11:01
Run Duration	287 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 123 2-Core 228 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 571 59% 478 Pts	64-Core 638 40% 638 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 375.70 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.6% Above average	Lighting 65.6 Reflection 69.8 Parallax 62.1 54% 65.8 fps	MRender 66.6 Gravity 62.4 Splatting 58.9 51% 62.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 1830 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 726 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 42 (A8) Unknown 100 100 87 (A9) Unknown 100 100 779 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 19 (AE) Unknown 100 100 530 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 6385 (C2) HDA temperature 67 55 236224053281 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 63 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 10524 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3852 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9976 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	89.3% Excellent	Read 498 Write 470 Mixed 471 107% 480 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 17.1 116% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 29.5 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 56.7 74% 125 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 136GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 1675 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1378 (A5) Unknown 100 100 395196760873 (A6) Unknown 100 100 12 (A7) Unknown 100 100 47 (A8) Unknown 100 100 50 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 34 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1125 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 51 219044315167 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3663713011280 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 15565 (EA) Unknown 100 100 16750 (F1) Unknown 253 253 877 (F2) Unknown 253 253 16993 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	75.8% Very good	Read 487 Write 198 Mixed 286 71% 324 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 70.9 4K Mixed 21.8 107% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 45.1 96% 200 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 108%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 1.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 104 (03) Spinup time 137 137 34390409711 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 79 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 136 136 16 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1903 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 79 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 153 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 153 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 231929610277 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	85.5% Excellent	Read 148 Write 150 Mixed 144 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 3.39 4K Mixed 0.54 160% 1.61 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 121%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 174 5866 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5241 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17225 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 943 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 76 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 163 163 111881 (C2) HDA temperature 119 101 31 (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	60.1% Good	Read 114 Write 95.4 Mixed 97.5 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.27 98% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 83%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 600GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 192 183 3366 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 234 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4623 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 233 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 199 (C2) HDA temperature 112 100 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	86.5% Excellent	Read 141 Write 160 Mixed 144 112% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.94 4K Mixed 0.44 142% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 112%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 96GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 169 5983 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 929 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7146 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 414 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5708 (C2) HDA temperature 119 106 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	50.7% Above average	Read 85.3 Write 91.1 Mixed 89.8 67% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.23 98% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 88%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 209% 365GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	294% Outstanding	Read 309 Write 308 Mixed 285 386% 301 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 57.5 4K Mixed 15 2,556% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 26.2 DQ Write 67.5 DQ Mixed 15.4 2,917% 36.4 MB/s
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 294% Great: 294%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 64GB 478 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 18GB free, PID 0745 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Read 31.1 Write 28.3 Mixed 26.3 36% 28.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.19 4K Write 3.12 4K Mixed 1.8 187% 3.37 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 25%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 4x8GB 995 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 18.6 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 18.8 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 67%

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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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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