Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	23.1% 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)
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 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '17 at 22:08
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 133 2-Core 271 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 541 72% 539 Pts	64-Core 538 33% 538 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 82%

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: 17.9.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	23.1% Poor	Lighting 28 Reflection 30 Parallax 32.9 23% 30.3 fps	MRender 26.7 Gravity 22.2 Splatting 35.1 24% 28 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6301 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2891 (B1) Unknown 98 98 23 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 57 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1082 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12495014303
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 33GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 10966540 (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 -101206609355635 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1802 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 210 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 77 42954719263 (C2) HDA temperature 31 77 42954719263 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10966540 (C4) Reallocation count 97 97 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10966540 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10966540 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 89 89 21474836480 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6662 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1666 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1666 (F2) Unknown 0 0 678	49.4% Average	Read 447 Write 75.4 Mixed 128 47% 217 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 3.95 97% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 7.24 DQ Write 11.3 DQ Mixed 7.81 6% 8.77 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 69%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 770GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 168 4475 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1759 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4091 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1702 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14126 (C2) HDA temperature 115 106 32 (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	80.8% Excellent	Read 146 Write 136 Mixed 96 94% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 0.55 4K Mixed 0.21 62% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 6,948 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 24.1 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 24.3 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 71%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical Z97M-PLUS Builds (Compare 1,031 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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 $40	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