Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.02% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '16 at 21:22
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 107 2-Core 213 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 414 55% 414 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.02% Terrible	Lighting 3.97 Reflection 6.92 Parallax 6.91 3% 5.93 fps	MRender 9.81 Gravity 2.37 Splatting 7.91 6% 6.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.02% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 18305451 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 86148454023168 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 36 38 64426999844 (C2) HDA temperature 36 38 64426999844 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 18305451 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 18305451 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 18305451 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294962101 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1966102	59% Above average	Read 468 Write 190 Mixed 244 66% 301 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 8.35 93% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 25.5 DQ Write 91 DQ Mixed 45.2 38% 53.9 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 85%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 1TB 8,129 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 889GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 131 Write 162 Mixed 149 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.39 126% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 108%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$22 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 361GB free Firmware: 0003SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 16558740 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1767 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 79724307 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3772 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1653 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BC) Unknown 100 99 15 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 52 538640416 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 92 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 48423 (C2) HDA temperature 32 48 60129542176 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 45 16558740 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	40.5% Average	Read 72 Write 69.3 Mixed 71.3 54% 70.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.75 4K Mixed 0.26 62% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 9905471-064.A00LF 99U5471-054.A00LF 9905471-064.A00LF 32GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.2% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 18 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 20.2 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 61%

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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 $290	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16