Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	120% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '19 at 03:30
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 117 2-Core 232 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 610 63% 508 Pts	64-Core 607 38% 607 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 0521) CLim: 1360 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.7.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	38.9% Below average	Lighting 53 Reflection 14.1 Parallax 12.2 43% 26.4 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 54.7 Splatting 2.22 31% 42.7 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 226GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 456 475 473 480 480 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 192 Mixed 383 SusWrite 448 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 52.4 184% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 236 207% 311 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 117%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 747GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 191 192 193 190 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 49.7 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 182 79% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.2 399% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 18.3 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 62%

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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 $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