Asus H97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 12% 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.52% 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	99.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '17 at 22:51
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%
CPU Throttled	99%

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 i5-5675C-$289 945 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 117 2-Core 231 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 454 60% 452 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 84F5) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	5.52% Terrible	Lighting 6.87 Reflection 7.23 Parallax 7.94 6% 7.34 fps	MRender 4.86 Gravity 7.23 Splatting 7.17 5% 6.42 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.52% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8537 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1714 (B1) Unknown 97 97 49 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 51 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 10 (EB) Unknown 99 99 83 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8680154474	99.2% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 399 Mixed 412 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 71.4 4K Mixed 39.3 139% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 99.5 120% 213 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 115%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 928GB free Firmware: SBM3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 68 64 6422408 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 151 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1214362 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 50285477101799 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 151 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 97 97 88 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 58 454295579 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 996 (C2) HDA temperature 27 42 77309411355 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 198 80 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -132826158595932 (F1) Unknown 100 253 371411921 (F2) Unknown 100 253 368155463 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	63.3% Good	Read 114 Write 106 Mixed 72.3 73% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.58 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.13 107% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 71%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 879GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 178 5758 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4843 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7539 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4734 (C0) Power-off retract count 196 196 3244 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 21541 (C2) HDA temperature 122 106 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 10 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	50.1% Above average	Read 99.2 Write 75.1 Mixed 96.7 68% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.25 88% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 84%
WD Red 2.5" 1TB (2013)-$151 1,952 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 481GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 175 2075 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3131 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8474 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1653 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 99 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9379 (C2) HDA temperature 117 101 30 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	53.2% Above average	Read 94 Write 91.4 Mixed 83.4 67% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.18 76% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM3X2G1333C9 4x2GB 737 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	MC Read 43 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 29.5 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 18.1 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 53%

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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 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus H97M-PLUS - $140

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	248x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	120x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	108x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	92x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	73x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	62x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	43x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	27x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	44x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	22x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	16x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $390

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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