Asus Z97I-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


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 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.6% 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	76.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97I-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141009
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '19 at 02:55
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 246 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 614 64% 517 Pts	64-Core 621 38% 621 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3793) ≥ 4GB; GV-N107TAORUS-8GD CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 141 Parallax 118 102% 128 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 123 Splatting 104 88% 108 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB-$80 4,893 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 137 137 140 136 134 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 354 Write 188 Mixed 262 SusWrite 139 52% 236 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 37.8 144% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 200 153% 207 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 91%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 55GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 381 179 136 108 97 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 482 Mixed 364 SusWrite 221 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 99 4K Mixed 57.1 192% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 200 202 200 202 201 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 141 Mixed 85.7 SusWrite 200 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 245GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 76 79 79 77 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 84 Write 79.5 Mixed 61.2 SusWrite 78.1 56% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1 173% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 6,144 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 26.5 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 25 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 86%

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97I-PLUS - $200

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	233x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	102x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	51x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	66x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	63x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	40x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	27x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	21x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	32x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	28x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	28x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $658

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) $35	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