Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '17 at 01:59
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 101 2-Core 203 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 399 52% 394 Pts	64-Core 403 25% 403 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 375.95 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Lighting 79.8 Reflection 81.2 Parallax 69.7 65% 76.9 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 74.8 Splatting 71.7 60% 73.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 465GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 3 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 61 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8917285	115% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 414 Mixed 420 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 45.3 186% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 121 139% 238 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -32564441138501 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1948 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1947 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 109 109 23706059 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1947 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 229697 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 54 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 229697 (F2) Unknown 100 100 276586 (F9) Unknown 100 100 6867	66.3% Good	Read 485 Write 151 Mixed 232 63% 289 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 19.3 117% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 32.9 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 12.6 28% 55.1 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 88%
WD My Passport 1TB 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 225GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 74 Write 79.2 Mixed 68.7 96% 74 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.2 89% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 45%
Samsung G2 Portable 320GB 432 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 39GB free, PID 6032 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	18% Very poor	Read 41 Write 42.8 Mixed 40.5 54% 41.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.85 4K Mixed 0.28 40% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	63.4% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 19.9 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 62%

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

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 77%

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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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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