Asus H97I-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	67.5% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus H97I-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '17 at 18:18
Run Duration	269 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 88.4 1-Core 104 2-Core 204 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 491 53% 422 Pts	64-Core 551 34% 551 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
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)	3.93% Terrible	Lighting 3.93 Reflection 6.69 Parallax 6.75 3% 5.79 fps	MRender 9.24 Gravity 2.4 Splatting 7.65 5% 6.43 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.93% Great: 3%
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% XFX(1682 3232) 1GB CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1245 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	13.8% Very poor	Lighting 16.8 Reflection 18.1 Parallax 22.6 14% 19.1 fps	MRender 14.9 Gravity 15.3 Splatting 20.4 14% 16.9 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13941 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 244 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 88 88 381 (AE) Unknown 100 100 151 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2567 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 53 39 261994512431 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 88 88 12 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 3 (F6) Unknown 100 100 32260457112 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1134343607 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2712085014	67.5% Good	Read 479 Write 319 Mixed 355 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 47.5 4K Mixed 17.4 86% 30 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 52.5 DQ Mixed 42.4 41% 65.7 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 113%
Seagate BUP RD 4TB 1,612 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0304 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 112 Write 99.8 Mixed 71.6 70% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.18 4K Write 6.48 4K Mixed 0.59 234% 2.75 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 66%
WD Purple 3TB (2014)-$84 6,631 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 177 5950 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1572 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14115 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 277 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 166 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1415 (C2) HDA temperature 112 96 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 29 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	71.9% Very good	Read 125 Write 126 Mixed 116 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.2 83% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 85%
H/W RAID 0 10TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 2TB free Firmware: 0105 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	100% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 142 Mixed 67.8 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 3.49 4K Write 6.04 4K Mixed 0.31 292% 3.28 MB/s
Poor: 100% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 184%
Toshiba MQ01ABB200 2TB 1,626 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1TB free Firmware: AY000U Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 4886 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4026 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 16874 (0A) Spinup retry count 180 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 469 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 37 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 39989 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 236224446503 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 14 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 93 93 2809 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 259 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	54.7% Above average	Read 96.8 Write 94 Mixed 93.6 71% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.21 69% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 61%
Seagate BUP Slim BL 2TB 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 800GB free Firmware: 0302 Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 75.2 Write 79.5 Mixed 80.1 59% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.36 80% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04E99927-15 2x8GB 1,313 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.1% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 17.8 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 16.2 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 63%

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Asus H97I-PLUS - $170

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	59x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	41x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	30x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	31x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	29x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	22x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	11x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	19x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	19x
BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 2x8GBCrucialBench 54%, 3,774 samples	10x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $400

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