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 (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	117% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '17 at 02:13
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (55^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)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 237 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 630 67% 532 Pts	64-Core 631 39% 631 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 684 Write 522 Mixed 549 130% 585 MB/s	4K Read 50.5 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 22.3 160% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 36.5 DQ Write 492 DQ Mixed 239 193% 256 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 236%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 112GB free 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 1937 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 614 (64) Unknown 100 100 2126304 (65) Unknown 100 100 841632 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 96 96 1253 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 652 (B7) Unknown 96 96 40 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 100 180389937185 (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 3469 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1031 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2799 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3150 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	63.8% Good	Read 471 Write 198 Mixed 232 66% 300 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 45.9 4K Mixed 11.4 81% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 22 68% 151 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 322GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 110822384 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4075 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12507416 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4616 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2520 (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 60 55 4985389096 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 567 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 27015 (C2) HDA temperature 40 45 -140737488355288 (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 -63479616633145 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9985978098 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15276218353	90.8% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 149 Mixed 113 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.3 89% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 112%

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)	60.3% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 17.1 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 20.5 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 60%

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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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16