Asus H97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	137% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '18 at 20:22
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80% Very good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 102 2-Core 214 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 583 59% 476 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Asus(1043 0464) CLim: 1120 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.12.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	Lighting 39.9 Reflection 35.9 Parallax 48.3 32% 41.4 fps	MRender 31.6 Gravity 35 Splatting 40.3 30% 35.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 257 248 254 251 249 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 706 Write 551 Mixed 410 SusWrite 283 109% 488 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 58.8 192% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 791 DQ Write 633 DQ Mixed 592 476% 672 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 236%
Toshiba MK6476GSX 640GB-$299 4,054 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 215GB free Firmware: GS001C SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 59 60 60 60 59 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 54.2 Write 50.8 Mixed 18.8 SusWrite 59.5 33% 45.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 96% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 48%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$71 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 99GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 54 57 59 59 57 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	31.6% Below average	Read 52.7 Write 56 Mixed 35.3 SusWrite 57 37% 50.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE4G3D1869DE1TX0. 2x4GB 498 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.7 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 15.5 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 65.1 61% 65.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 73%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	250x
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 $90Bench 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
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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	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