Asus H97M-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.8% 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)
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.

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Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141009
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '20 at 09:21
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 (97^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 105 2-Core 204 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 555 57% 459 Pts	64-Core 558 35% 558 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8528) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 442.50 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.8% Below average	Lighting 45.2 Reflection 43.3 Parallax 38.8 37% 42.4 fps	MRender 39 Gravity 39.4 Splatting 35.3 31% 37.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 450 Write 471 Mixed 358 95% 426 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 90.1 4K Mixed 49.3 163% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 359 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 712GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 79 80 80 77 79 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 98.5 Write 101 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 78.2 68% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 154% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 67%
WD My Book Elite 2TB 290 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 721GB free, PID 1111 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 39 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Read 35.2 Write 37.8 Mixed 31 SusWrite 38.4 49% 35.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 94% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 21%
157 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 2GB free, PID 1167 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.7 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.1 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	2.85% Terrible	Read 12 Write 5.2 Mixed 5.3 SusWrite 5 8% 6.88 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0.03 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.85% Great: 6%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 721GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 62 62 62 63 62 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	32.4% Below average	Read 90.5 Write 92.8 Mixed 66 SusWrite 62 104% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 88% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 49%
Generic Flash Disk 4GB 16,068 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 4GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.8 8.7 10 10 8.7 10 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	5.68% Terrible	Read 21.5 Write 7.5 Mixed 5.8 SusWrite 9.5 13% 11.1 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 8% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.68% Great: 7%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 32GB-$8 9,864 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 2GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 25 26 23 13 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	22.6% Poor	Read 38.2 Write 26.2 Mixed 29.7 SusWrite 20.8 37% 28.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 3.2 252% 3.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	57% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 17.7 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17.5 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 62%

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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