Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 46%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 38%
Jet ski
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics61% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.
Run History
MotherboardAsus Z97M-PLUS  (all builds)
Memory9.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
DisplayЦвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160222
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateDec 26 '16 at 17:10
Run Duration229 Seconds
Run User ROU-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing above expectations (69th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
79.1% Very good
Memory 90.7
1-Core 109
2-Core 201
78% 134 Pts
4-Core 365
8-Core 575
58% 470 Pts
64-Core 571
35% 571 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 79.1%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.33
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
61% Good
Lighting 76.5
Reflection 77.3
Parallax 66
62% 73.3 fps
MRender 70.7
Gravity 72.5
Splatting 70.8
58% 71.3 fps
Poor: 51%
This bench: 61%
Great: 60%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
849GB free
Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
88.7% Excellent
Read 156
Write 154
Mixed 123
108% 144 MB/s
4K Read 0.22
4K Write 1.32
4K Mixed 0.14
48% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 88.7%
Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
901GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (60th percentile)
90.5% Outstanding
Read 159
Write 157
Mixed 154
118% 157 MB/s
4K Read 0.67
4K Write 1.57
4K Mixed 0.14
72% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 90.5%
Great: 107%
USB Disk 32GB
30GB free, PID 6387
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
5.57% Terrible
Read 18.3
Write 10.4
Mixed 12.4
16% 13.7 MB/s
4K Read 2.44
4K Write 0.03
4K Mixed 0.02
11% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 2%
This bench: 5.57%
Great: 6%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Team Team-Elite-1600 3x4GB
3 of 4 slots used
12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (13th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
32.5% Below average
MC Read 10.4
MC Write 10.5
MC Mixed 9.6
29% 10.2 GB/s
SC Read 9.9
SC Write 11
SC Mixed 11
30% 10.6 GB/s
Latency 66.3
60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 32.5%
Great: 60%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97M-PLUS Builds (Compare 1,031 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97M-PLUS - $350

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $998
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