Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	52.3% 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	124% 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

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '19 at 06:23
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$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)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 120 2-Core 209 83% 142 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 640 71% 561 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Lighting 65.2 Reflection 69.5 Parallax 61.4 53% 65.4 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 62.1 Splatting 54.3 50% 62.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme XPG GAMMIX S5 512GB 141 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 342GB free (System drive) Firmware: V9001c24 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 529 522 496 496 501 496 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 674 Write 483 Mixed 495 SusWrite 507 121% 540 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 49.4 166% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 398 DQ Mixed 393 279% 348 MB/s
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 235%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1GB free Firmware: CC43 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 92 Write 110 Mixed 29.3 56% 77.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.5 296% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 48% Great: 112%
Seagate ST3320613AS 320GB-$30 12,971 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 18GB free Firmware: CC2H SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 61 62 61 62 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 86.7 Write 91.5 Mixed 48.4 SusWrite 61.6 53% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2176 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 25.1 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 24.6 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16