Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	42% 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	97.6% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '17 at 06:07
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 108 2-Core 204 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 508 53% 427 Pts	64-Core 581 36% 581 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 84%

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: 388.59 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42% Average	Lighting 47.5 Reflection 54.9 Parallax 44.6 39% 49 fps	MRender 67.8 Gravity 47.5 Splatting 61.9 48% 59 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 296GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1134 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 688 (B1) Unknown 99 99 17 (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 69 56 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 131 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9061164968	97.6% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 477 Mixed 489 109% 488 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 25.8 138% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 37.2 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 25.7 64% 125 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 173GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7262 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2937 (B1) Unknown 98 98 54 (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 73 50 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 114 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17868054897	109% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 499 Mixed 511 112% 501 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 29.9 149% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 26.4 101% 224 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB (2016)-$138 396 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 6.5TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 64 238032821 (03) Spinup time 92 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1028 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 61 310434232 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -56517474646749 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 690 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 85 85 15 (BE) vendor-specific 74 59 454623258 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 2221 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 52 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1273 (C2) HDA temperature 26 41 64424509466 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 7 2 238032821 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -6764573489960 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20059142613 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18674560174
Poor: 47% Great: 111%
Hitachi HDS724040ALE640 4TB-$465 6,270 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: MJAOA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 82 (03) Spinup time 182 182 25796870582 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5303 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9877 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3647 (C0) Power-off retract count 87 87 16385 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 16385 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 244813463580 (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	67.1% Good	Read 99.3 Write 135 Mixed 144 96% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.13 50% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 91%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 215 144 8216 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2328 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4516 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1871 (10) Unknown 4 196 74789616542 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 81 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2246 (C2) HDA temperature 122 100 30 (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	91.2% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 156 Mixed 151 118% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.25 108% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 3,312 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	51.1% Above average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 16.2 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.7 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 81%

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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 $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) $30	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