Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	69.8% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (23%). 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	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '19 at 11:20
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 257 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 646 68% 544 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	62.9% Good	Lighting 80.7 Reflection 90.7 Parallax 78.2 66% 83.2 fps	MRender 69.7 Gravity 71.8 Splatting 68.9 57% 70.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 87 88 100 100 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 237 Write 147 Mixed 168 SusWrite 92 36% 161 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 38.9 164% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 80.8 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 114 86% 114 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 73%
Liteon CV3-8D512-11 SAA 512GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 87GB free Firmware: T891 SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 208 224 227 172 182 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	110% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 434 Mixed 359 SusWrite 234 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 58.5 196% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 293 233% 327 MB/s
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 929GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 197 192 193 199 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 88.8 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 194 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%
Seagate ST2000NM0011 2TB-$60 4,076 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 849GB free Firmware: SN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 116 116 117 118 117 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 120 Write 113 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 117 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C9D3/8GX 9905474-043.A00LF 16GB 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	37.2% Below average	MC Read 12.5 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 11.6 35% 12.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 10.9 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns

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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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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $363

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16