Asus H97-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 41.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.77% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	48.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (86%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150520
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '18 at 13:27
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	86%

PC Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	41.9% Average	Memory 62.8 1-Core 60.7 2-Core 134 50% 85.9 Pts	4-Core 122 8-Core 135 17% 129 Pts	64-Core 110 7% 110 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 368F) 2GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 411.63 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	1.77% Terrible	Lighting 1.03 Reflection 0.58 Parallax 2.78 1% 1.46 fps	MRender 0.48 Gravity 4.93 Splatting 6.52 4% 3.98 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 1.77% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 222 217 233 238 241 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	48.2% Average	Read 312 Write 222 Mixed 183 SusWrite 226 53% 236 MB/s	4K Read 11.2 4K Write 34.4 4K Mixed 8 45% 17.9 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 85.6 96% 159 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 86%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 510GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 99 97 101 101 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 103 Write 98 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 99.2 68% 92.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR3 1333 C9 2x8GB 281 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	23.6% Poor	MC Read 8 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 6.4 24% 8.33 GB/s	SC Read 4.2 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 4.7 14% 4.9 GB/s	Latency 120 33% 120 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 55%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus H97-PLUS - $132

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	375x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	255x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	244x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	192x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	127x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	121x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	66x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	48x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	41x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	91x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	46x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	35x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $567

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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