Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.4% 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	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '19 at 18:34
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 228 87% 150 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 665 73% 576 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 115 Parallax 109 92% 112 fps	MRender 98.6 Gravity 101 Splatting 101 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 224GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 166 175 120 118 175 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 1,050 Write 491 Mixed 428 SusWrite 172 118% 535 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 23.1 120% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 410 DQ Mixed 47.2 105% 209 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 182%
Mushkin Chronos 120GB-$70 862 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 96GB free Firmware: 609ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 105 108 103 98 103 MB/s Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	58.4% Above average	Read 156 Write 118 Mixed 150 SusWrite 103 30% 132 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 83.4 4K Mixed 33.1 127% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 146 112% 152 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 84%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 447GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 70 71 71 71 71 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	33.5% Below average	Read 87.8 Write 89 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 70.8 99% 74.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 87% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 6,948 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 26.9 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 26.1 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 47.7 84% 47.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 71%

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

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Typical Z97M-PLUS/BR Builds (Compare 288 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 38%

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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 $51Bench 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 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16