Asus H97-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	91.6% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141009
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '18 at 03:45
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 86.8 1-Core 118 2-Core 238 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 631 67% 533 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 23864 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 54 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 22 (AF) Unknown 100 100 575599542923 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 63 622919717 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 37 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 758064 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 43 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 1128 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 96 96 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 758064 (F2) Unknown 100 100 254367	91.6% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 287 Mixed 363 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 92.4 4K Mixed 30.8 139% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 119 134% 230 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 243355768 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13633 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 40108645 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 23835 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 53 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 54 706871335 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 70 70 61401 (C2) HDA temperature 39 46 94489280551 (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 -121461675127972 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10735601090 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17412149935	90.7% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 158 Mixed 149 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.31 85% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Team-Elite-1600 2x8GB 3,520 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.6% Poor	MC Read 10.2 MC Write 9.6 MC Mixed 7.7 26% 9.17 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 10.7 SC Mixed 9.1 28% 9.93 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 61%

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 32%

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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