Asus Z97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	48.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	122% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	14.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '21 at 10:43
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	GEO-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 229 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 585 62% 495 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 853F) CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.1% Average	Lighting 58.1 Reflection 69.4 Parallax 60.6 47% 62.7 fps	MRender 69.4 Gravity 60.2 Splatting 54.5 50% 61.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$113 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 887GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 454 451 452 455 453 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 257 Mixed 428 SusWrite 427 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 59.1 201% 74 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 320 243% 327 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 128%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 32GB 3,459 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 21GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 15 15 15 16 9 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Read 66.8 Write 15.2 Mixed 22.7 SusWrite 14.2 32% 29.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 1.6 113% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 2x8GB 9,823 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.2% Below average	MC Read 11.7 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 8.7 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 10.5 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 61%

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

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97M-PLUS - $350

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	300x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	173x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	26x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16