Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics91.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive37.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
6 years ago, 6 years ago.
MotherboardAsus Z97M-PLUS/BR  (all builds)
Memory11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20141104
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateJul 21 '17 at 21:05
Run Duration145 Seconds
Run User BRA-User
Background CPU 11%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (60th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690-$51
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
85.6% Excellent
Memory 91.3
1-Core 118
2-Core 230
83% 146 Pts
4-Core 462
8-Core 462
62% 462 Pts
64-Core 460
28% 460 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 85.6%
Great: 77%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
91.6% Outstanding
Lighting 117
Reflection 115
Parallax 98.9
96% 110 fps
MRender 98.7
Gravity 103
Splatting 104
84% 102 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 91.6%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38
28GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
37.6% Below average
Read 171
Write 88.1
Mixed 105
27% 121 MB/s
4K Read 15.7
4K Write 74.5
4K Mixed 9.08
75% 33.1 MB/s
DQ Read 83
DQ Write 97.1
DQ Mixed 25.4
37% 68.5 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 37.6%
Great: 73%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$70
819GB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
57.2% Above average
Read 95.3
Write 104
Mixed 93.2
73% 97.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.77
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.16
88% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 26%
This bench: 57.2%
Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
79.7% Very good
Read 148
Write 130
Mixed 128
102% 135 MB/s
4K Read 0.67
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.16
73% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 79.7%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 99U5471-056.A00LF 99U5584-010.A00LF 99U5584-010.A00LF 16GB
1632, 1632, 1632 MHz
8192, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing below potential (25th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
37.5% Below average
MC Read 12.6
MC Write 12.5
MC Mixed 10.9
34% 12 GB/s
SC Read 11.1
SC Write 13.3
SC Mixed 12.7
35% 12.4 GB/s
Latency 65.3
61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 37.5%
Great: 43%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z97M-PLUS/BR Builds (Compare 288 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 38%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 32%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $363
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