Asus Z97I-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	143% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97I-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160218
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '20 at 09:14
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 above expectations (62^nd percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 115 2-Core 223 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 577 60% 479 Pts	64-Core 589 36% 589 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.4% 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: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 142 Parallax 131 114% 137 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 135 Splatting 107 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC CL SN720 SDAQNTX-2T00-1022 2TB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 321GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10204122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 503 610 634 633 645 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Read 614 Write 635 Mixed 600 SusWrite 571 137% 605 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 47.7 165% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 756 DQ Write 723 DQ Mixed 943 652% 807 MB/s
Poor: 143% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 298%
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 39GB free Firmware: P1225C SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 263 299 309 133 151 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 468 Write 410 Mixed 85 SusWrite 230 66% 299 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 30.6 4K Mixed 19.7 69% 22.9 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 45.7 DQ Mixed 106 88% 131 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 105%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 21GB free Firmware: M0CR011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 257 268 263 112 250 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 342 Write 281 Mixed 176 SusWrite 230 58% 257 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 20.4 95% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 273 199% 258 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 104%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 13GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 452 Write 437 Mixed 377 94% 422 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 58.1 192% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 352 265% 354 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%

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 potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.6% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.7 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 15.5 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.6% 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 $90Bench 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 $269	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