Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.6% 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	108% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 20 '19 at 03:12
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 119 2-Core 239 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 622 67% 530 Pts	64-Core 622 38% 622 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2171) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.6% Excellent	Lighting 99.4 Reflection 108 Parallax 114 81% 107 fps	MRender 149 Gravity 114 Splatting 93.8 94% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 292 302 279 219 197 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 437 Write 438 Mixed 370 SusWrite 278 86% 381 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 52.9 184% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 244GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 428 449 435 439 430 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 455 Write 430 Mixed 372 SusWrite 432 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 58 191% 66.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 134%
WD My Passport 1TB 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 378GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 98 98 99 99 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 87.5 Write 86.7 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 98.5 111% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 45%
SSK SHE088 500GB 126 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 203GB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 83 85 84 87 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 88.7 Write 80.5 Mixed 26 SusWrite 84.5 92% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.4 26% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.4 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 19.3 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 85%

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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%

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 $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 $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 $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