Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	32.7% 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	44.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '20 at 23:52
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (32^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 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 108 2-Core 135 70% 111 Pts	4-Core 262 8-Core 352 39% 307 Pts	64-Core 329 20% 329 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 2370) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1598 MHz, MLim: 1819 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 445.87 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.7% Below average	Lighting 40.9 Reflection 42.8 Parallax 36.6 33% 40.1 fps	MRender 47.4 Gravity 34.4 Splatting 35.6 32% 39.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 81 93 62 61 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 234 Write 206 Mixed 203 SusWrite 80.9 40% 181 MB/s	4K Read 6.5 4K Write 81.4 4K Mixed 22.3 82% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 80.9 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 138 100% 126 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 451GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 182 187 188 188 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 128 Mixed 84 SusWrite 186 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99P5429-006.A00Ls 2x8GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	50.8% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 16.1 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 50.8% 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%

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 $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 i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16