Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	47.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	34.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

9 months ago, 9 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '23 at 19:42
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 above expectations (68^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 108 2-Core 201 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 512 54% 431 Pts	64-Core 517 32% 517 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2972) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 536.67 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.1% Average	Lighting 57.6 Reflection 65 Parallax 59.2 47% 60.6 fps	MRender 65.8 Gravity 58.2 Splatting 52.3 47% 58.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 218GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 113 110 110 111 21 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	34.3% Below average	Read 279 Write 87.7 Mixed 88.9 SusWrite 117 32% 143 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 19.5 4K Mixed 11.2 51% 16.1 MB/s	DQ Read 14.2 DQ Write 15.4 DQ Mixed 14.4 11% 14.7 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 102%
PNY SSD2SC060G3SA754D117-490I 60GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 56GB free Firmware: N0307A SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 96 96 97 96 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 456 Write 96.5 Mixed 150 SusWrite 96.3 44% 200 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 88.7 4K Mixed 35.4 134% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 96.7 DQ Mixed 117 105% 164 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 216GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 106 105 105 103 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	73% Very good	Read 150 Write 142 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 105 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.7% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 16.3 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 17.7 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	7	216	60	60	23.1"	1920 1080	GSM5A23 23MP55

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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 $51Bench 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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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