Asus H97-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	15.8% 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	167% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus H97-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '20 at 04:31
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 119 2-Core 237 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 575 62% 494 Pts	64-Core 605 37% 605 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon 550 8,236 User benchmarks, average bench 14% MSI(1462 8A90) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1203 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Lighting 15.6 Reflection 30.5 Parallax 20.1 13% 22.1 fps	MRender 29.4 Gravity 15.2 Splatting 33.2 22% 25.9 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 205GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 571 534 547 535 516 513 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 597 Write 492 Mixed 515 SusWrite 536 120% 535 MB/s	4K Read 61.5 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 78.4 254% 84.8 MB/s	DQ Read 775 DQ Write 621 DQ Mixed 777 560% 724 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 355%
WD Blue 500GB-$84 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 338GB free Firmware: X41000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 304 303 304 301 299 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 440 Write 412 Mixed 333 SusWrite 310 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 47.3 168% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 73.2 124% 242 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%
Seagate Expansion 500GB 5,329 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 350GB free Firmware: 0502 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 99 98 92 98 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 81.1 Write 81.5 Mixed 54 SusWrite 97.2 58% 78.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 117% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	61.5% Good	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.4 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.8 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 63%

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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 78%

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Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Asus H97-PLUS - $132

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	375x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	255x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	243x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	191x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	127x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	121x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	66x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	48x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	41x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	91x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	46x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	35x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $567

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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