Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	52% 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	171% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '19 at 00:45
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 270 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 698 74% 589 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% XFX(1682 C580) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	52% Above average	Lighting 64.7 Reflection 69.6 Parallax 91.2 53% 75.1 fps	MRender 68.3 Gravity 63.7 Splatting 56.3 51% 62.8 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 223GB free Firmware: SBFK71B1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 55 73 52 52 52 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 376 Write 107 Mixed 166 SusWrite 84.3 40% 183 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 25.3 110% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 176 150% 218 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 100%
XPG Gammix S11 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB 2,445 User benchmarks, average bench 208% 409GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 645 618 625 586 582 584 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 649 Write 555 Mixed 563 SusWrite 607 134% 593 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 87 247% 85 MB/s	DQ Read 763 DQ Write 527 DQ Mixed 669 493% 653 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 310%
Seagate ST2000LM007-1R8174 2TB 71,657 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2TB free Firmware: SBK2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 133 134 135 134 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 87.1 Write 86.6 Mixed 63.4 SusWrite 133 68% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.8 220% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 22.5 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 23.1 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 72%

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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 $269	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 $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