Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	96.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR (all builds)
Memory	11.8 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	Jan 03 '24 at 15:48
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	24%

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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 i7-4790-$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 (92^nd percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 85.1 1-Core 101 2-Core 201 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 548 58% 466 Pts	64-Core 552 34% 552 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AMD(1002 0B36) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.12.1 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.8% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 200 Parallax 218 99% 180 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 139 Splatting 92.3 92% 115 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 136 105 19 101 41 MB/s Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	60.6% Good	Read 284 Write 106 Mixed 144 SusWrite 92.8 35% 157 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 55.5 4K Mixed 32 111% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 214 160% 209 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 102%
PNY SSD2SC060G3SA754D117-490I 60GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 56GB free Firmware: N0307A SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 96 96 97 97 97 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 428 Write 97 Mixed 144 SusWrite 96.5 42% 191 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 26.2 93% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 96.4 DQ Mixed 112 98% 151 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 247GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 173 180 180 179 180 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 153 Write 108 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 178 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.1% 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 above expectations (62^nd percentile)	57.7% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 18 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 18.7 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.7% 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 42: 0P 4R 4G 10B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
42%	29%	63	215	59	60	23.1"	1920 1017	GSM5A23 23MP55

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

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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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