Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27.9% 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)
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	14.8 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '17 at 16:57
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 258 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 507 67% 505 Pts	64-Core 484 30% 484 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 3643) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.9% Poor	Lighting 32.8 Reflection 29.9 Parallax 37.2 27% 33.3 fps	MRender 40.5 Gravity 38.7 Splatting 33.2 30% 37.5 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10193 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3578 (B1) Unknown 84 84 330 (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 60 46 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 233 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28533878541
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
WD WD1200BEVS-60UST0 120GB 3,683 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 159 155 1025 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1109 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1335 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 942 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BE) vendor-specific 70 51 30 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 204 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5791 (C2) HDA temperature 113 94 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 14668192 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	15.8% Very poor	Read 26.9 Write 27.5 Mixed 26.4 20% 27 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.31 83% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 29%
Maxtor STM3160211AS 160GB 1,528 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 82 203038006 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12949 (05) Reallocated sector count 93 93 290 (07) Seek error rate 63 55 1688789364431 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21665 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8712 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 27914 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 53 43 103870758959 (C2) HDA temperature 47 57 73014444079 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 58 45 210338732 (C5) Current pending sector count 92 92 167 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 92 92 167 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 252 1	25.5% Poor	Read 45 Write 43.7 Mixed 41.2 33% 43.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.28 77% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-056.A00LF 99U5471-025.A00LF 20GB 1356, 1356, 1356, 1356 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	52.6% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.3 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 17.1 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns

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Gaming 38%

Jet ski

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 $300	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 $45	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