Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics11.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive53.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z97M-PLUS/BR  (all builds)
Memory11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140711
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateJan 11 '21 at 19:36
Run Duration146 Seconds
Run User BRA-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing below expectations (35th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (60th percentile)
73.4% Very good
Memory 80.5
1-Core 110
2-Core 219
77% 137 Pts
4-Core 358
8-Core 534
55% 446 Pts
64-Core 567
35% 567 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 73.4%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K620-$170
Nvidia(10DE 1098) 2GB
CLim: 1124 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 353.30
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
11.1% Very poor
Lighting 14.1
Reflection 15.8
Parallax 10.8
12% 13.6 fps
MRender 10.7
Gravity 12.1
Splatting 14.7
10% 12.5 fps
Poor: 10%
This bench: 11.1%
Great: 11%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35
20GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 580ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 94 95 96 95 95 MB/s
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
53.4% Above average
Read 159
Write 106
Mixed 152
SusWrite 96
29% 128 MB/s
4K Read 12.5
4K Write 83.7
4K Mixed 33.6
106% 43.3 MB/s
DQ Read 139
DQ Write 204
DQ Mixed 125
107% 156 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 53.4%
Great: 85%
WD WD20EURS-63S48Y0 2TB
143GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 21 83 83 83 83 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
42% Average
Read 87
Write 31.5
Mixed 57.5
SusWrite 58.9
44% 58.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.8
160% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 42%
Great: 77%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
32.2% Below average
MC Read 11.2
MC Write 10.9
MC Mixed 9.1
30% 10.4 GB/s
SC Read 9.8
SC Write 11
SC Mixed 10.6
30% 10.5 GB/s
Latency 79.6
50% 79.6 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 32.2%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z97M-PLUS/BR Builds (Compare 288 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 38%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 32%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $363
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