Asus H97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	64.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	55.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140509
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	May 25 '19 at 20:52
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Memory 81.1 1-Core 91.6 2-Core 167 67% 113 Pts	4-Core 302 8-Core 304 40% 303 Pts	64-Core 334 21% 334 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Lighting 81.3 Reflection 81.4 Parallax 70.5 66% 77.7 fps	MRender 75 Gravity 75 Splatting 77.4 62% 75.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1021A SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 27 44 65 65 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 395 Write 131 Mixed 166 SusWrite 56.5 41% 187 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 33.6 4K Mixed 30.3 94% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 39.6 DQ Mixed 126 98% 140 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 118%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 429GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 107 107 108 109 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	57% Above average	Read 91.5 Write 98.8 Mixed 60.7 SusWrite 107 66% 89.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 213% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 16GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.9% Average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 13.5 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 13.1 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 78.5 51% 78.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 64%

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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 $94Bench 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 $300	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 $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