Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	24.3% 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)
Boot Drive	137% 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	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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '18 at 09:37
Run Duration	281 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4430-$124 24,837 User benchmarks, average bench 65% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 93.8 1-Core 92.9 2-Core 186 74% 124 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 364 48% 362 Pts	64-Core 354 22% 354 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% Asus(1043 052D) 2GB; RX560-02G CLim: 1210 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.6.1 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	24.3% Poor	Lighting 28.7 Reflection 30.7 Parallax 36.7 23% 32 fps	MRender 30.9 Gravity 28 Splatting 35 26% 31.3 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 318 303 321 257 215 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 606 Write 487 Mixed 385 SusWrite 312 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 52.1 206% 74.7 MB/s	DQ Read 783 DQ Write 635 DQ Mixed 651 503% 690 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 236%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 127 125 130 127 130 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 129 Write 124 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 127 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 208% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 100%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 169 166 172 169 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 172 Mixed 92.7 SusWrite 169 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 100%
Hitachi HMS5C4040ALE6400 4TB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1.5TB free Firmware: MPAOA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 90 91 91 89 93 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	54.2% Above average	Read 98.3 Write 94.5 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 90.4 58% 79.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 133% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 73%
HGST 4TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 119 118 121 117 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 92.7 Write 95.2 Mixed 17.5 SusWrite 119 58% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 61%
HGST 4TB 287 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1TB free, PID 1015 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 41 42 41 43 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Read 40.8 Write 41.2 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 41.6 55% 40.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 98% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 50%
HGST 4TB 287 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1.5TB free, PID 1015 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 41 42 41 43 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Read 41.3 Write 41.3 Mixed 36.2 SusWrite 41.6 55% 40.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 91% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 12,350 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	62.6% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 20.1 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 19.8 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.6% 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	173x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	163x

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 $76Bench 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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16