Asus H97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 7% 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.72% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	85.2% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus H97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150304
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '18 at 07:36
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	27%

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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 109 2-Core 225 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 596 61% 494 Pts	64-Core 579 36% 579 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Asus R5 230 443 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 3015) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.72% Terrible	Lighting 2.3 Reflection 2.27 Parallax 2.03 2% 2.2 fps	MRender 1.67 Gravity 1.77 Splatting 1.78 1% 1.74 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.72% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st 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 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3542 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1640 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 94 94 12884902690 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2818158 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 70 58 180389543966 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 3 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 9878 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6797 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7473 (F4) Unknown 100 100 43 (F5) Unknown 100 100 110 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2944256	85.2% Excellent	Read 477 Write 464 Mixed 36.5 72% 326 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 60.9 4K Mixed 13.6 80% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 13.8 96% 223 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 111%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 1TB-$50 17,310 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 463GB free Firmware: CV26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 230197536 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5785 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4521623 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3572 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1638 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 75 59 437256217 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5785 (C2) HDA temperature 25 41 47244640281 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	98.3% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 178 Mixed 166 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.19 83% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 119%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-073.A00LF 4x8GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	58% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 20.1 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 60%

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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	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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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