Asus Z97I-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (12th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 88 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	92.2% 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	91.1% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97I-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	7.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '19 at 10:24
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 106 2-Core 180 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 331 8-Core 471 50% 401 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2511 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.2% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 127 Parallax 112 98% 119 fps	MRender 89.9 Gravity 120 Splatting 91.5 82% 100 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 213 216 202 205 202 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 415 Write 402 Mixed 314 SusWrite 207 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 41.5 148% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 134%
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 137GB free Firmware: P1225C SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 208 214 210 206 208 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 442 Write 368 Mixed 301 SusWrite 208 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 74.1 4K Mixed 28.7 100% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 210 176% 253 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 105%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 74GB free Firmware: M0CR011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 212 215 212 210 210 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 364 Write 401 Mixed 353 SusWrite 210 75% 332 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 21.2 99% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 122 130% 215 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 104%
WDC CL SN720 SDAQNTX-2T00-1022 2TB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 473GB free Firmware: 10204122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 492 538 559 573 558 564 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 606 Write 605 Mixed 577 SusWrite 547 132% 584 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 40.8 149% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 775 DQ Write 716 DQ Mixed 936 650% 809 MB/s
Poor: 143% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 298%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	51% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 16.9 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 12.6 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 63%

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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%

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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	103x
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	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 $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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