Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	37% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	41.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '16 at 13:03
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 375 47% 357 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.12.1 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	37% Below average	Lighting 48.2 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 63.4 39% 47.9 fps	MRender 31 Gravity 47.3 Splatting 40.3 33% 39.5 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD Radeon R3 480GB 522 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 407GB free Firmware: O1217A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 201 (A3) Unknown 100 100 19 (A4) Unknown 100 100 152 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1372 (F2) Unknown 100 100 95 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1216	75.9% Very good	Read 480 Write 260 Mixed 267 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 59.6 4K Mixed 23.3 103% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 47.8 82% 163 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 95%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 93861162 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -43267500531628 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1489 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 70 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 38 47 73017524262 (C2) HDA temperature 38 47 73017524262 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 93861162 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 93861162 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 93861162 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11911 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12097 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12097 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7938	41.4% Average	Read 169 Write 75.7 Mixed 60 22% 102 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 11 91% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 97.7 DQ Write 79 DQ Mixed 24.6 36% 67.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 73%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 66 1 10344 (04) Start/Stop count 70 70 31094 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7953 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3782 (B5) Unknown 100 100 1802562 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2653 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 58 197569282080 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 18 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 31532	78.5% Very good	Read 131 Write 143 Mixed 139 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.34 101% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 45663832 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6980 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4320584 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8135 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1629 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 57 60701933602 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 83 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 33963 (C2) HDA temperature 34 43 -140737488355294 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 28162100561772 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2379480602 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6140123458	103% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 160 Mixed 145 126% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.27 83% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 2,600 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	65.7% Good	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 22.3 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 17.6 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 74%

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	75x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	63x
Core i5-4690Intel $52Bench 67%, 73,695 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	46x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	22x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	21x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	21x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	12x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	11x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	28x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	15x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	10x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $363

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $40	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