Asus Z97I-PLUS

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics104% 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 Drive116% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z97I-PLUS  (all builds)
Memory12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160218
Uptime1.8 Days
Run DateDec 28 '19 at 19:59
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing above expectations (80th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
87% Excellent
Memory 97.1
1-Core 133
2-Core 266
93% 165 Pts
4-Core 415
8-Core 698
68% 556 Pts
64-Core 686
42% 686 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 87%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66
Performing below potential (71st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
104% Outstanding
Lighting 135
Reflection 144
Parallax 138
110% 139 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 133
Splatting 107
96% 119 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 104%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$235
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT03B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 370 442 433 432 436 MB/s
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
116% Outstanding
Read 456
Write 431
Mixed 396
SusWrite 392
94% 419 MB/s
4K Read 33.7
4K Write 123
4K Mixed 53.5
185% 70.1 MB/s
DQ Read 379
DQ Write 346
DQ Mixed 359
270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 89%
This bench: 116%
Great: 133%
Generic MassStorageClass 64GB
0GB free, PID 0749
Operating at USB 3.2 Speed
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 86.2
Write 45.8
Mixed 28.3
59% 53.4 MB/s
4K Read 6.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 3.2
198% 3.93 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 42%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
80.4% Excellent
MC Read 28.7
MC Write 29.6
MC Mixed 25.6
80% 28 GB/s
SC Read 20.2
SC Write 25.1
SC Mixed 26.2
68% 23.8 GB/s
Latency 50
80% 50 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 80.4%
Great: 80%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97I-PLUS Builds (Compare 578 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus Z97I-PLUS - $200

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 61% - Good Total price: $658
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