Asus H97M-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	74.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '17 at 06:56
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

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 i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 106 2-Core 210 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 421 56% 418 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 72%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB-$85 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 412GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1941 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 440 (A5) Unknown 100 100 33685937 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 14 (A8) Unknown 100 100 12 (A9) Unknown 100 100 279 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 31 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 66 283468759070 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1198299611415 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2199 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4709 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3978 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3906 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	74.9% Very good	Read 488 Write 285 Mixed 246 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 78.5 4K Mixed 13.4 115% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 39.7 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 14 42% 85.7 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 107%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 531GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 111 111 7408 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 139 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 6 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 800 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 29 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 759 (C2) HDA temperature 121 92 26 (C4) Reallocation count 198 198 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 195 195 872 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 195 195 873 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 196 196 897	51% Above average	Read 89.7 Write 88 Mixed 88.5 67% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.38 96% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 57%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 420GB free Firmware: 01.01V01 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 1 (03) Spinup time 173 168 4325 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6593 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 13892 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4360 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1095 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5497 (C2) HDA temperature 121 102 26 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	60.6% Good	Read 109 Write 102 Mixed 85.7 74% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.41 135% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown RMR5030MN68F9F1600 Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G6M1 8GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	57.5% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17.4 56% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 18.2 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 57%

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Asus H97M-PLUS - $140

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	249x
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 $94Bench 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 $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