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 above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	132% 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	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 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '19 at 06:09
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 211 83% 142 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 475 52% 412 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme XPG GAMMIX S5 512GB 141 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 342GB free (System drive) Firmware: V9001c24 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 524 535 534 536 535 535 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 730 Write 535 Mixed 535 SusWrite 533 131% 583 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 49.3 179% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 396 DQ Mixed 377 275% 352 MB/s
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 235%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1GB free Firmware: CC43 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 122 Write 114 Mixed 28.3 64% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 1.4 291% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 48% Great: 112%
Seagate ST3320613AS 320GB-$30 12,971 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 18GB free Firmware: CC2H SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 61 62 62 62 62 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	43% Average	Read 88 Write 82.2 Mixed 51.3 SusWrite 61.7 52% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2176 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 25.6 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 24.3 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 38%

Jet ski

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