Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	64.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '17 at 22:44
Run Duration	378 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$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 (100^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 121 2-Core 237 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 630 69% 546 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4624 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 233GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 711 Write 534 Mixed 551 133% 599 MB/s	4K Read 50.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 31 173% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 497 DQ Write 386 DQ Mixed 185 208% 356 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 236%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1934 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 613 (64) Unknown 100 100 2105392 (65) Unknown 100 100 840624 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 98 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 96 96 1241 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 652 (B7) Unknown 96 96 40 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 100 180389937182 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 97 97 3 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3429 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1025 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2761 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3117 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	64.2% Good	Read 468 Write 196 Mixed 227 65% 297 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 56.2 4K Mixed 10.6 88% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 19.8 60% 134 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 320GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 98944216 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4072 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12495910 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4613 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2517 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 63 55 4918083621 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 565 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 26968 (C2) HDA temperature 37 45 -140737488355291 (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 -7649336752443 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9982037563 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15273124471	91.5% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 147 Mixed 114 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.27 86% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 112%
SanDisk Cruzer Fit 4GB 430 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 3GB free, PID 5571 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	9.1% Terrible	Read 21.8 Write 3.37 Mixed 5.45 10% 10.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.74 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 1.16 103% 2.72 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.1% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Smart SH5641G8FH8N6TNSQG 4x8GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1680 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	60% Above average	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 17.1 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 19.7 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 60%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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