Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	57.6% 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	122% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 23 '21 at 16:10
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	0%

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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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 91.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 242 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 666 73% 578 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1C03) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Lighting 71.4 Reflection 75.3 Parallax 69.3 58% 72 fps	MRender 67.3 Gravity 71.4 Splatting 68 56% 68.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S5 512GB 4,125 User benchmarks, average bench 203% 448GB free (System drive) Firmware: V9002s65 SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 516 521 489 507 510 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 635 Write 484 Mixed 512 SusWrite 470 118% 525 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 45.8 161% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 419 DQ Write 396 DQ Mixed 560 378% 458 MB/s
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 289%
WD Green 120GB (2018)-$59 69,933 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 14GB free Firmware: UE510000 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 416 Write 275 Mixed 152 62% 281 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 33.6 4K Mixed 17.4 70% 23.5 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 88 DQ Mixed 42 48% 82.6 MB/s
Poor: 32% Great: 53%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 386GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 153 155 155 155 156 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 115 Write 88 Mixed 67.7 SusWrite 152 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 112%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 8GB 30,139 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 3GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2 2.6 3.2 3 3.2 3 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	10.2% Very poor	Read 21.4 Write 1.5 Mixed 2.7 SusWrite 2.8 6% 7.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.1 80% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.2% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown-039.A00LF 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	59.8% Above average	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 59.8% 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 $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 $179	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