Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 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.
Graphics	30.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit cores, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '23 at 03:51
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 84 1-Core 101 2-Core 183 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 339 8-Core 522 53% 430 Pts	64-Core 533 33% 533 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Asus(1043 85FF) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1852 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 537.42 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	30.5% Below average	Lighting 38.4 Reflection 42.7 Parallax 40.3 31% 40.5 fps	MRender 40 Gravity 41.1 Splatting 28.5 29% 36.5 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 221GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 578 422 345 250 255 251 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 571 Mixed 573 SusWrite 350 114% 503 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 69.4 4K Mixed 44.8 150% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 434 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 386 282% 370 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 237%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 391GB free Firmware: 1AG01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 89 87 89 89 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 82.5 Write 94.6 Mixed 49.2 SusWrite 88.7 58% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 59%
Samsung HD081GJ 80GB 966 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 47GB free Firmware: GE100-07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 64 64 63 63 64 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	34.5% Below average	Read 56.4 Write 60 Mixed 39.3 SusWrite 63.7 40% 54.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 42%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 298GB free Firmware: 2AR20004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 79 79 80 81 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 82.5 Write 40.9 Mixed 50.1 SusWrite 80.2 47% 63.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-081.A00LF 99U5584-003.A00LF 20GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.2% Average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 12.8 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 15.4 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 56%

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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%	0	38	8	60	21.7"	1280 720	XXX44C6 GH-JEF223SH-L

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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 $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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Total price: $363

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16