Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.08% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	67.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97M-PLUS/BR (all builds)
Memory	1.7 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '17 at 02:35
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4160-$79 48,506 User benchmarks, average bench 55% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 107 2-Core 172 74% 124 Pts	4-Core 285 8-Core 284 38% 284 Pts	64-Core 283 18% 283 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 67%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 210 98,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Gigabyte(1458 36A9) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.08% Terrible	Lighting 1.13 Reflection 2.38 Parallax 0.44 1% 1.32 fps	MRender 2.62 Gravity 0.8 Splatting 1.7 1% 1.7 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.08% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WD10EARS-00Y5B1 240GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505CUA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 8121405 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18588618475372 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1186 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 222 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 80 68724719648 (C2) HDA temperature 32 80 68724719648 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8121405 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8121405 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8121405 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11719 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5173 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5173 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5135	67.7% Good	Read 500 Write 263 Mixed 308 79% 357 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 99 4K Mixed 9.3 102% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 30.3 DQ Write 97 DQ Mixed 11 24% 46.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 954GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 23283832 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 611 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 463546057 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 20066 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 516 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 65 45 589234211 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 366 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1290566 (C2) HDA temperature 35 55 68719476771 (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 38723425158973 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11543720858 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9663150976	87.6% Excellent	Read 151 Write 154 Mixed 147 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.31 100% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Teikon TMT451U6AFR8C-PBHJ 1x4GB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 10.9 MC Mixed 8.8 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 11.2 SC Mixed 9.5 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 34%

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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 $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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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