Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.25% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	122% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141104
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '19 at 23:10
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 100 2-Core 198 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 388 52% 389 Pts	64-Core 376 23% 376 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 375A) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	4.25% Terrible	Lighting 5 Reflection 4.54 Parallax 4.94 4% 4.83 fps	MRender 6.48 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 6.22 5% 5.53 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.25% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 524GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 448 447 464 463 463 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 461 Mixed 433 SusWrite 456 104% 463 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 55.3 186% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 297 241% 342 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 125%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 12GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 127 136 129 130 112 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 132 Write 129 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 128 75% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 133% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 103%
Samsung M2 Portable 320GB 89 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 285GB free, PID 60b2 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 42 43 43 43 43 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	20.2% Poor	Read 42.2 Write 19 Mixed 33.3 SusWrite 42.8 45% 34.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 20%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 17,632 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 931GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 107 107 108 107 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 103 Write 22.5 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 99.1 88% 70 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 27,462 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1648 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	60% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 60%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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