Asus Z97I-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.8% 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	92.3% 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.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97I-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151207
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '16 at 11:44
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 115 2-Core 231 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 463 62% 463 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4991) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.8% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 103 Parallax 93.5 82% 98.9 fps	MRender 87.5 Gravity 88.7 Splatting 81.3 70% 85.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370 1TB-$407 250 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 842GB free Firmware: 20140516 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 312 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1261 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 3053 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 790 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 101 (A3) Unknown 100 100 7 (A4) Unknown 100 100 68891 (A5) Unknown 100 100 74 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 33 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1106913 (F2) Unknown 100 100 654272	99.6% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 377 Mixed 442 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 36 145% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 58.8 106% 209 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 103%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 841GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2476 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1108 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 67 49 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 98 98 1109 (EB) Unknown 99 99 522 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8842204405	92.3% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 339 Mixed 356 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 77.2 4K Mixed 25.6 129% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 102 132% 240 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 126%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 16GB-$8 10,486 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 14GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	Read 117 Write 22.4 Mixed 31 54% 56.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.91 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.86 105% 2.79 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 2x8GB 3,774 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	64.5% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 20.1 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 65%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 72%

Battleship

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 i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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) $30	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