Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.3% 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	57.2% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '17 at 00:45
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$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)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 136 2-Core 249 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 732 74% 599 Pts	64-Core 722 45% 722 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.4% 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. 10.18.14.4264 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: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 114 Parallax 116 92% 114 fps	MRender 94.6 Gravity 100 Splatting 90.8 78% 95.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 10147507 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -37701222921480 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 768 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 56 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 40 60132163613 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 60132163613 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10147507 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10147507 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10147507 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 73014444033 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8935 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5912 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5912 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3572 (F4) Unknown 99 99 4718651	57.2% Above average	Read 391 Write 112 Mixed 167 49% 223 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 13.7 110% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 29.4 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 14.1 28% 53.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 73%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$80 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 3.5TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 135198309 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 57 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 58875465 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 66387309494491 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 55 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 65 454623259 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 137 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 85899345947 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -50620484550440 (F1) Unknown 100 253 124595174 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10603135	101% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 176 Mixed 154 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.29 101% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 161GB free Firmware: HP73 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 161971328 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1140 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 4322289258 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3039 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 954 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1855759968 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 59 454557723 (C2) HDA temperature 27 41 55834574875 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 54 35 161971328 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	55.7% Above average	Read 98.8 Write 95.5 Mixed 90.7 72% 95 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.38 81% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 88%

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 (96^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 22.3 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 23.1 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 72%

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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 $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