Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	90% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	1.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '17 at 22:35
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	LVA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 120 2-Core 240 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 626 64% 516 Pts	64-Core 609 38% 609 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim32.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4264 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron GTX 480GB-$400 512 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: M310 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22654 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1382 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 0 68722819101 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 98 98 3 (EA) Unknown 100 100 365583 (F1) Unknown 100 100 31642 (F2) Unknown 100 100 78839 (FA) Read error retry rate 253 253 0	90% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 420 Mixed 291 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 69.1 4K Mixed 28.3 106% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 78.6 115% 216 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 102%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 136GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (03) Spinup time 81 81 6630 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15237 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 10550 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 53542 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1242 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 99 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 16 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 61 387186708 (C2) HDA temperature 83 60 403767313 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 126086030 (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 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 99 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	35.9% Below average	Read 53.9 Write 71.2 Mixed 35.5 40% 53.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.28 68% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 59%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 126GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 78 78 7380 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12098 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 10461 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 58139 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1099 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 60 538509337 (C2) HDA temperature 81 59 554762259 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 8150267 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 99 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	44.3% Average	Read 71.6 Write 82.7 Mixed 41.8 48% 65.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.36 95% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 60%
Sandisk Ultra Fit 124GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 37GB free Firmware: 1.00 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 149 Write 115 Mixed 127 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 4.01 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.99 323% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 76%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 8GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 89 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 45 9259 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 11062 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 21977 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2491 (B5) Unknown 98 98 46954634 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2838 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 58 219044249625 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 27 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 11284	44.8% Average	Read 80.9 Write 75.4 Mixed 85.5 61% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.13 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.12 41% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 27,462 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 16.9 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 17 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 60%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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	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 $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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16