Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.8% 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)
Boot Drive	61.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '19 at 18:09
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$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 (99^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 213 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 562 61% 483 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 8C96) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.8% Poor	Lighting 35.5 Reflection 28.8 Parallax 30.6 29% 31.6 fps	MRender 38.3 Gravity 40.1 Splatting 37.6 32% 38.7 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP S700 Pro 512GB-$79 1,249 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0308D_H SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 293 261 270 374 433 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 294 Write 260 Mixed 271 SusWrite 313 64% 284 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 40.3 4K Mixed 16.9 67% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 83.5 105% 186 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 120%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 682GB free, PID 0000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 42 42 43 43 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	21.3% Poor	Read 42.2 Write 36.5 Mixed 37.2 SusWrite 42.2 54% 39.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HX318C10FK/8 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1373, 1373 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.1% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.5 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 16.9 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 51%

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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 $51Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16