Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.5% 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	60.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151204
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '18 at 05:24
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 438 58% 434 Pts	64-Core 429 27% 429 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B E258) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Lighting 25.8 Reflection 28.8 Parallax 30.3 21% 28.3 fps	MRender 26.7 Gravity 23.1 Splatting 31.3 23% 27 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71B1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (94) Unknown 255 255 0 (95) Unknown 255 255 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 29 (AA) Unknown 100 100 25 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 255 255 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 68 64 154620133408 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 198 (F1) Unknown 100 100 159 (F2) Unknown 100 100 12 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6940	60.8% Good	Read 336 Write 194 Mixed 286 60% 272 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 73.2 4K Mixed 6.63 94% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 9.85 64% 148 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$28 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 137GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 75 63 38201630 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 604 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7853448 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1032 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 417 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 59 471531547 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 607 (C2) HDA temperature 27 19 81604378651 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 3 1 38201630 (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 -43181601192964 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3443931166 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3394789315	91.2% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 150 Mixed 135 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.25 88% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 113%
Seagate ST1000DM010-2EP102 160GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 71GB free Firmware: 1AC01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 94 94 2760 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4018 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 9319 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9116 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 10 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3978 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 52 420937751 (C2) HDA temperature 77 49 420937751 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 36426 (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 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	53.1% Above average	Read 90.6 Write 94.2 Mixed 93.3 70% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.39 104% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 11,204 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 9.7 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 12 SC Mixed 11.4 32% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 35%

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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 $132Bench 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
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	12x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	12x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	28x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	16x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	10x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $360

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