Asus Z97I-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.4% 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	56.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97I-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '18 at 05:36
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 87.4 1-Core 104 2-Core 211 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 568 61% 483 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.4% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 139 Parallax 120 101% 128 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 124 Splatting 103 91% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 PRO 512GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 218% 414GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 687 Write 630 Mixed 677 148% 664 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 50.4 191% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 107 132% 230 MB/s
Poor: 137% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 264%
Intel 545s Series 512GB-$95 12,034 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 261GB free Firmware: LHF001C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1889 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 214 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 458752 (AE) Unknown 100 100 34 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 34 41 47247327266 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 27762 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EC) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 27762 (F2) Unknown 100 100 181528 (F9) Unknown 100 100 821 (FC) Unknown 100 100 0	67% Good	Read 489 Write 227 Mixed 252 71% 323 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 44.4 4K Mixed 12.6 83% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 12.1 64% 148 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 128%
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: R211 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 116 132755570 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 -110260400416315 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1019 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 139 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 38 34362228765 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 132755570 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 132755570 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 132755570 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6998 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6942 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6942 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6140	56.7% Above average	Read 456 Write 134 Mixed 181 56% 257 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 65.5 4K Mixed 9.48 86% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 39.4 55% 102 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.6 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 17 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 85%

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Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97I-PLUS - $200

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	234x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	104x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	51x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	67x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	64x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	40x

SSD
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	28x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	21x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $273	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 $168	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