Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '17 at 01:10
Run Duration	601 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (71^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 119 2-Core 237 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 596 64% 509 Pts	64-Core 607 38% 607 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$45 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 912GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 91 80 178541920 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 933 (05) Reallocated sector count 87 87 16968 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 181361128 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3744 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 936 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1168 (BC) Unknown 100 98 8590196744 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 59 639959078 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5669 (C2) HDA temperature 38 41 55834574886 (C5) Current pending sector count 79 78 3568 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 79 78 3568 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -11398843197649 (F1) Unknown 100 253 40637255946 (F2) Unknown 100 253 183216364660	42.2% Average	Read 0.23 Write 147 Mixed 28.3 43% 58.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.04 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.06 30% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 112%
Kingston DataTraveler 108 8GB 373 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	7.03% Terrible	Read 25.5 Write 7.91 Mixed 12.2 16% 15.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.73 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.01 26% 2.25 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.03% Great: 7%

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 @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	61% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18.8 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.9 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 63%

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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 $273	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 $168	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) $32	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