Asus H97-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.82% 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	95.3% 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140522
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '18 at 20:03
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 106 2-Core 215 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 400 55% 410 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3205) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	5.82% Terrible	Lighting 5.27 Reflection 5.58 Parallax 6.81 4% 5.89 fps	MRender 4.76 Gravity 11.5 Splatting 14.1 9% 10.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 5.82% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2148 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 295 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (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 58 41 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 88 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8683856226	95.3% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 405 Mixed 406 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 25.4 148% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 44.6 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 25.6 59% 114 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 124%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 216GB free Firmware: 4.AAA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4791 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 48552024 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 31259 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4742 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 46 906952743 (C2) HDA temperature 39 54 64424509479 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 80 58 121518014 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 21 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	55.3% Above average	Read 95 Write 97.8 Mixed 93.3 72% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.42 97% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 54%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 97GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 242693363 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 19331 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 43 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 22665385 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 23927 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4220 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 49 638517286 (C2) HDA temperature 38 51 55834574886 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 28 20 242693363 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -104749957347318 (F1) Unknown 100 253 810392806 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1755807187	46.8% Average	Read 84.4 Write 78.5 Mixed 88.3 63% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.45 98% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 70%
Seagate ST3250620AS 250GB-$149 6,960 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 88GB free Firmware: 3.AAJ Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 82 38029908 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 78 78 23435 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 14960740 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 39945 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 6053 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 43 722534443 (C2) HDA temperature 43 57 68719476779 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 63 55 16591253 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 252 1	27.7% Poor	Read 50.6 Write 45.9 Mixed 47 36% 47.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.4 85% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 43%
ADATA CH11 750GB 106 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 213GB free, PID a11a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	27.2% Poor	Read 80.4 Write 66.4 Mixed 59 85% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.32 4K Mixed 0.17 18% 0.31 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLT4G3D1608ET3LX0. 1315 BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0. 1315 BLT4G3D1608ET3LX0. 1315 BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0. 16GB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	63.7% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 20.2 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 20.9 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 66%

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Asus H97-PLUS - $132

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	376x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	257x
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	128x
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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	41x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	92x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16