Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '18 at 22:30
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 108 2-Core 214 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 585 56% 462 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 110 Parallax 95.6 90% 105 fps	MRender 94.7 Gravity 95.6 Splatting 95 78% 95.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 75 57 56 54 45 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 455 Write 348 Mixed 312 SusWrite 81.4 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 94.5 4K Mixed 39 143% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 104 118% 201 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 184GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 118 120 120 121 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 126 Write 124 Mixed 73 SusWrite 120 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 194% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 18.4 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

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 $178	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