Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.6% 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	96.7% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '17 at 08:40
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 428 57% 428 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.6% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 109 Parallax 97.4 82% 103 fps	MRender 97.2 Gravity 96 Splatting 99.2 80% 97.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8088 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1789 (B1) Unknown 94 94 67 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 77 53 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 164 (F1) Unknown 99 99 32464084668	96.7% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 347 Mixed 347 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 27.1 143% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 83.9 121% 229 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 118%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 693GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 127 127 25789268265 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5851 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8222 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1748 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6667 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6667 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 201863462939 (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	93% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 151 Mixed 156 121% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.18 81% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 108%
Seagate M3 1TB 2,563 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 649GB free Firmware: 9300 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 93.2 Write 98.3 Mixed 54.3 61% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 4.12 4K Mixed 0.27 127% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 64%
Seagate ST3500820AS 500GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 223GB free Firmware: SD35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 39320204 (03) Spinup time 91 81 0 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16463 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 56 115996096244 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 31988 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 181 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1576 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 83 1078068576751 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 45 520683551 (C2) HDA temperature 31 55 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 24 39320204 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	54.5% Above average	Read 95.6 Write 94.4 Mixed 76.4 66% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.32 84% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.1% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.9 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 15.1 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 79%

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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	299x
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) $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