Asus H97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

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Motherboard	Asus H97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 05 '19 at 18:26
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 88 1-Core 129 2-Core 241 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 477 55% 428 Pts	64-Core 472 29% 472 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.8% Very good	Lighting 98.6 Reflection 112 Parallax 98.8 80% 103 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 103 Splatting 83.5 76% 93.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 103 61 58 55 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 376 Write 343 Mixed 146 SusWrite 83.6 53% 237 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 26.1 105% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 88 118% 218 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 118%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 182GB free Firmware: SAFM00.r SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 395 464 456 448 467 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 492 Mixed 319 SusWrite 435 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 38.4 142% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 358 DQ Mixed 68.8 132% 263 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 111%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 169 170 171 171 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 112 Write 143 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 169 81% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 557GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 153 154 156 156 153 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 138 Mixed 84.2 SusWrite 153 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 114%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 141 141 141 142 142 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 140 Write 134 Mixed 117 SusWrite 141 99% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 209% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.5% Below average	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 8.4 28% 9.67 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 9.2 27% 9.33 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 85%

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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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Gaming 8%

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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	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 $179	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