Asus H97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.86% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	87.1% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	11 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '19 at 08:33
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	NLD-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 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)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 432 58% 432 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.4% 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. 20.19.15.4963 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.86% Terrible	Lighting 4.07 Reflection 7.08 Parallax 7.06 3% 6.07 fps	MRender 6.52 Gravity 2.43 Splatting 8.22 5% 5.72 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.86% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 293 296 303 304 306 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 394 Write 267 Mixed 275 SusWrite 302 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 97.6 4K Mixed 41.1 134% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 148 140% 213 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 918GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 144 146 146 146 145 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 105 Write 89 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 144 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 113%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1GB free Firmware: 1AA01109 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 36.8 Write 41.5 Mixed 38 29% 38.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% Great: 59%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 12GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 37 37 38 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	22% Poor	Read 39.2 Write 36 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 36.9 26% 35.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 27,462 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.6% Below average	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 9.7 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 11.1 SC Mixed 10.3 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 60%

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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	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 $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