Asus H97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.85% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	87.6% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus H97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	6.3 Days
Run Date	May 31 '19 at 15:03
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 214 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 419 56% 418 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4264 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.85% Terrible	Lighting 3.87 Reflection 6.69 Parallax 6.91 3% 5.82 fps	MRender 7.9 Gravity 2.43 Splatting 8.13 5% 6.16 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.85% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme II 240GB-$110 3,009 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1311 SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 169 79 136 156 156 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 463 Write 322 Mixed 165 SusWrite 152 61% 275 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 38.4 150% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 136 150% 255 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 162 154 155 157 160 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	70% Good	Read 88.3 Write 133 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 154 71% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 6 4K Mixed 0.5 192% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 90%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 130GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 119 120 120 115 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 108 Write 116 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 116 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 72%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 110GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 75 75 76 78 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	40% Average	Read 64 Write 43 Mixed 30.5 SusWrite 75.6 39% 53.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 84% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C7 2x4GB 2,435 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.5% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 15.1 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 14.2 41% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48.5% 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%

Tree trunk

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

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 $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) $40	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