Asus H97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	14.4% 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	87.5% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1842 x 1036 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '18 at 13:45
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690S-$141 2,142 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 111 2-Core 226 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 438 59% 442 Pts	64-Core 442 27% 442 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Gigabyte(1458 3667) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 368.81 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Lighting 19.7 Reflection 13.8 Parallax 17 16% 16.9 fps	MRender 16 Gravity 11 Splatting 14 11% 13.7 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 165 160 159 123 129 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 443 Write 238 Mixed 240 SusWrite 148 59% 267 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 45.1 158% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 201 166% 242 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 93%
Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB-$136 7,908 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 530GB free Firmware: SD1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 102 103 102 104 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 106 Write 13.5 Mixed 46.1 SusWrite 103 49% 67.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 59%
Seagate NAS HDD 3TB-$119 3,343 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 143 146 149 142 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 147 Write 139 Mixed 24.3 SusWrite 146 82% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.3 74% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C8 2x4GB 2,902 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	63.2% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 20.4 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 19.8 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Asus H97M-PLUS - $140

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	253x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	120x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	109x

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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	27x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	45x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	22x
CT102464BA160B.C16 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 11,058 samples	17x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $390

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16