Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	118% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '20 at 07:38
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 121 2-Core 213 84% 144 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 666 65% 533 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% XFX(1682 5701) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.7.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Lighting 152 Reflection 119 Parallax 250 124% 173 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 143 Splatting 164 119% 142 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme XPG GAMMIX S5 512GB 141 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: V9001c24 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 501 521 527 504 499 507 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 662 Write 495 Mixed 490 SusWrite 510 121% 539 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 46.4 169% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 400 DQ Mixed 384 273% 340 MB/s
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 235%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 152GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 118 100 117 126 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 163 Mixed 29.1 SusWrite 127 91% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 2.1 386% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 112%
Seagate ST3320613AS 320GB-$30 12,971 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 48GB free Firmware: CC2H SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 78 78 78 75 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 80.2 Write 75.6 Mixed 45.7 SusWrite 77.3 51% 69.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 65%
Seagate ST320LM001 HN-M320MBB 320GB 6,367 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 196GB free Firmware: 2AR10002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 65 65 66 65 66 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	Read 64.7 Write 45.9 Mixed 43.9 SusWrite 65.4 41% 55 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 51%

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 @ 2321 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 26.1 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 26.8 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 63%

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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 $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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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