Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	33.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR (all builds)
Memory	19.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '21 at 20:10
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 244 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 632 67% 536 Pts	64-Core 629 39% 629 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1394) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.30 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	59.6% Above average	Lighting 83.2 Reflection 116 Parallax 77.8 68% 92.5 fps	MRender 92.9 Gravity 90.2 Splatting 0.2 44% 61.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 25 3 60 55 79 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	33.6% Below average	Read 161 Write 71.2 Mixed 3 SusWrite 55.7 16% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 2.8 49% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 28.8 78% 162 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 76%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 43GB free Firmware: 1AC01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 65 66 65 63 64 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 94 Write 62.7 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 64.8 53% 71.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 62%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 0GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.7 9.6 9.2 8.8 9 9.6 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	11% Very poor	Read 32.3 Write 5.2 Mixed 19.5 SusWrite 9.1 19% 16.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.8 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 3.7 182% 3.8 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 24GB 687 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	58.5% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 17.9 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 20 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 63%

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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 $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