Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.8% 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	45.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit cores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '18 at 15:18
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 139 2-Core 276 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 728 74% 600 Pts	64-Core 675 42% 675 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 87%

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. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.8% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 109 Parallax 97.9 84% 103 fps	MRender 92.9 Gravity 97.4 Splatting 85.8 75% 92 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240 GB 240GB 24,911 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 1.9 4.8 4.1 75 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 458 Write 352 Mixed 318 SusWrite 73.9 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 34.2 4K Mixed 9.3 65% 22.2 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 67.6 DQ Mixed 40.6 44% 74.8 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 56%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 61GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 92 109 103 99 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 264 Write 152 Mixed 194 SusWrite 101 40% 178 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 45.4 173% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 79.7 75% 115 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 73%
Corsair Force LE200 SSD 120GB 5,441 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 25GB free Firmware: SBFM71.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 120 3.4 10 37 54 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	71.8% Very good	Read 389 Write 200 Mixed 278 SusWrite 51.5 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 26.7 142% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 145 139% 213 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 281GB free Firmware: HP73 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 117 117 116 116 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 115 Write 69.2 Mixed 59 SusWrite 116 66% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 116% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 88%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$80 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 3TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 197 196 198 194 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 173 Mixed 71 SusWrite 196 113% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1904 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	71.2% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 22.3 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 21.9 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 72%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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