Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics116% 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 Drive43.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z97M-PLUS/BR  (all builds)
Memory5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20141104
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateSep 01 '18 at 05:02
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User COL-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing above expectations (63rd 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 (100th percentile)
85% Excellent
Memory 93.7
1-Core 116
2-Core 229
83% 146 Pts
4-Core 412
8-Core 589
63% 500 Pts
64-Core 589
36% 589 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 85%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
EVGA(3842 6391) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 399.7
Performing below potential (17th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
116% Outstanding
Lighting 153
Reflection 188
Parallax 193
125% 178 fps
MRender 120
Gravity 171
Splatting 119
110% 136 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 116%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29
83GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFK71E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 53 54 55 55 55 MB/s
Performing below potential (13th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
43.7% Average
Read 246
Write 103
Mixed 105
SusWrite 76.3
29% 133 MB/s
4K Read 19.2
4K Write 49.2
4K Mixed 20.1
81% 29.5 MB/s
DQ Read 75.2
DQ Write 128
DQ Mixed 121
86% 108 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 43.7%
Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 201 203 204 204 202 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
116% Outstanding
Read 201
Write 137
Mixed 79.3
SusWrite 202
113% 155 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 116%
Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32
394GB free
Firmware: CC49
SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 166 168 168 168 169 MB/s
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
98.3% Outstanding
Read 175
Write 131
Mixed 86
SusWrite 168
102% 140 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 98.3%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
57.8% Above average
MC Read 21.3
MC Write 20.9
MC Mixed 17.3
57% 19.8 GB/s
SC Read 15
SC Write 19.8
SC Mixed 16.6
49% 17.1 GB/s
Latency 60.4
66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 30%
This bench: 57.8%
Great: 62%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97M-PLUS/BR Builds (Compare 288 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 38%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 32%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $363
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