Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	26.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	18GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 18GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 18 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '17 at 18:58
Run Duration	286 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 84.9 1-Core 129 2-Core 242 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 464 61% 460 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 3643) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.1% Poor	Lighting 30.7 Reflection 28.5 Parallax 35.2 25% 31.5 fps	MRender 37.8 Gravity 36.4 Splatting 31.2 28% 35.1 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11615 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4143 (B1) Unknown 82 82 367 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 53 46 47 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 281 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33720896378
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 486GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 197574496 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 351 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3738363 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 506 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 206 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 57 52 741015595 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4818 (C2) HDA temperature 43 48 98784247851 (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 -89086211653299 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6148074406 (F2) Unknown 100 253 57395905874	59.9% Above average	Read 104 Write 104 Mixed 97.1 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.23 86% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 114%
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$20 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 123GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1477 (03) Spinup time 153 151 3308 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7965 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21308 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7190 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1185 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7965 (C2) HDA temperature 96 85 47 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 27 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.5% Average	Read 82.6 Write 79.3 Mixed 59.9 55% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.38 92% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 55%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 6,502 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 23GB free Firmware: 3 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 86 86 4461 (04) Start/Stop count 80 80 20339 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2590 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 84 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3015 (B5) Unknown 100 100 788766 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 14 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 48 236224774188 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 17 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 84 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 102030	25.8% Poor	Read 43.3 Write 46.3 Mixed 41.8 33% 43.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.32 73% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 3GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 103157192 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11539 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 205534555 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21888 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7781 (B7) Unknown 20 20 80 (B8) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 381 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 50 707330090 (C2) HDA temperature 42 50 60129542186 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 18 103157192 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 311 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -91341069440267 (F1) Unknown 100 253 412239873 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1432298585	58.3% Above average	Read 106 Write 96.6 Mixed 102 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.44 96% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 70%
WD WD1200BEVS-60UST0 120GB 3,683 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 1GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 155 941 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1566 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2001 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1222 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BE) vendor-specific 64 51 36 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 288 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8685 (C2) HDA temperature 107 94 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 15738393 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	15.7% Very poor	Read 27.5 Write 26.9 Mixed 35.3 23% 29.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.31 85% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 29%
Maxtor STM3160211AS 160GB 1,528 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 82 199334718 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13705 (05) Reallocated sector count 93 93 290 (07) Seek error rate 63 55 1688860293804 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 22908 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9250 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 27914 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 52 43 103887601712 (C2) HDA temperature 48 57 73014444080 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 53 45 74917896 (C5) Current pending sector count 92 92 167 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 92 92 167 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 252 1	25.2% Poor	Read 45.7 Write 41.9 Mixed 42.3 33% 43.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.28 64% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-056.A00LF 99U5471-001.A00LF 18GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1353, 1353, 1353, 1353 MHz 8192, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.1% Average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 10.6 38% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 10.5 34% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 54%

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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 $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 $40	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