Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	130% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '17 at 02:16
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 117 2-Core 225 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 624 64% 519 Pts	64-Core 625 39% 625 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 682 Write 523 Mixed 549 130% 585 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 29.1 160% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 589 DQ Write 492 DQ Mixed 239 262% 440 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 236%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 112GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1937 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 614 (64) Unknown 100 100 2128096 (65) Unknown 100 100 841680 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 96 96 1254 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 652 (B7) Unknown 96 96 40 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 100 180389937186 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 97 97 3 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3472 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1032 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2802 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3153 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	64.1% Good	Read 470 Write 204 Mixed 229 66% 301 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 55.1 4K Mixed 8.43 83% 30.6 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 21.4 68% 150 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 322GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 112479344 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4075 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12509651 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4616 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2520 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 55 4985389096 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 567 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 27016 (C2) HDA temperature 40 45 -140737488355288 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -50577534875961 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9988345666 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15277555809	98.2% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 150 Mixed 114 113% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.28 87% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Smart SH5641G8FH8N6TNSQG 4x8GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1680 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61% Good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 17.5 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 20.3 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 60%

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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 $100Bench 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 $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	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 $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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