Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	27.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '18 at 15:19
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4330-$140 6,343 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	59.7% Above average	Memory 89.1 1-Core 32.1 2-Core 121 51% 80.6 Pts	4-Core 166 8-Core 287 28% 227 Pts	64-Core 288 18% 288 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1046 MHz, MLim: 1485 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.7.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.3% Poor	Lighting 28.8 Reflection 35.5 Parallax 46.7 23% 37 fps	MRender 51 Gravity 41.3 Splatting 37.7 35% 43.4 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 233GB free Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 532 431 450 311 310 310 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 620 Write 558 Mixed 556 SusWrite 391 119% 531 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 45.7 4K Mixed 41.3 137% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 392 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 597 381% 436 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 280%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 39 39 37 35 33 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 104 Write 108 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 38.3 59% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 69%
UFD 2.0 Silicon-Power8G 8GB 1,859 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 12 11 12 13 11 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	7.45% Terrible	Read 23.2 Write 5.7 Mixed 7.8 SusWrite 11.7 14% 12.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 24% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.45% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1923 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	50% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 20.8 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 8 21% 7.27 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 67%

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Gaming 42%

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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 $160Bench 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 $46

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