Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.27% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR (all builds)
Memory	21.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '20 at 01:45
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 117 2-Core 207 81% 139 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 589 58% 474 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT 19,550 User benchmarks, average bench 5% EVGA(3842 C988) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 341.74 Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	3.27% Terrible	Lighting 4.6 Reflection 2.5 Parallax 2.5 4% 3.2 fps	MRender 1.71 Gravity 5.67 Splatting 1.57 2% 2.98 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 3.27% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 211 212 216 215 222 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	80% Very good	Read 358 Write 254 Mixed 244 SusWrite 213 60% 267 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 92.6 4K Mixed 39 136% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 212 164% 226 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 85%
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 223GB free Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 368 367 195 97 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 418 Mixed 398 SusWrite 251 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 29.1 145% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 50.8 115% 237 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 204 207 207 205 204 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 162 Mixed 86.6 SusWrite 203 119% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 637GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 172 174 173 173 171 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 147 Mixed 87.1 SusWrite 172 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 151 154 154 153 146 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 127 Write 118 Mixed 66.1 SusWrite 150 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-001.B00LF 3x8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58.9% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.7 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 21 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 57%

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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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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