Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (98th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 2 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.6% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151204
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '18 at 01:16
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 104 2-Core 205 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 390 53% 393 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Lighting 69.4 Reflection 73 Parallax 65.7 57% 69.4 fps	MRender 75.3 Gravity 65.6 Splatting 59.2 54% 66.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 904GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 188 179 209 207 205 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 211 Write 200 Mixed 89.3 SusWrite 186 125% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 112%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 16GB 472 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 8GB free, PID 0745 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 27 27 27 27 27 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	20% Very poor	Read 28.2 Write 27.3 Mixed 25.7 SusWrite 26.4 37% 26.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 3.6 241% 4.27 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GB 29,968 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1969 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	41.7% Average	MC Read 14 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 12 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 11 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 40%

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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 $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