Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR (all builds)
Memory	7.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, , 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '17 at 17:43
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 231 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 616 64% 514 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3735) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 113 Parallax 106 83% 107 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 94.6 Splatting 99.3 80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6476 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1181 (B1) Unknown 95 95 91 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 53 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 127 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28215623543
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 65GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 195 170 3225 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7350 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23960 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4668 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2486 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4863 (C2) HDA temperature 113 79 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 90 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 171 14	18.2% Very poor	Read 13.7 Write 49.5 Mixed 61.5 32% 41.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.008 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.25 56% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 34GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 55924752 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 14287 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 39 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 13042228880 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20875 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 5056 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295098388 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 44 47749398558 (C2) HDA temperature 30 56 47244640286 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 23 55924752 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 198 26 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -70261369959447 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3892546528 (F2) Unknown 100 253 837109074	39.2% Below average	Read 77.7 Write 59 Mixed 72.9 53% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.34 78% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 68%
Seagate Momentus XT SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$35 11,469 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 3GB free Firmware: SD28 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 47653046 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2572 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 448709388 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15044 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3100 (B8) Unknown 96 96 4 (BB) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 44 1173098070049 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1427 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 39458 (C2) HDA temperature 33 56 55834574881 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 34 47653046 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	42.2% Average	Read 72.7 Write 74.3 Mixed 78 57% 75 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.79 4K Mixed 0.31 66% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 2,474 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.5% Below average	MC Read 9.9 MC Write 9.9 MC Mixed 8.6 27% 9.47 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 8.8 26% 9.2 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 62%

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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 $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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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