Asus H97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	82.5% 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	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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 13 '20 at 05:42
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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 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)	83% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 117 2-Core 214 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 581 61% 487 Pts	64-Core 606 38% 606 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1755 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.6% Very good	Lighting 92.6 Reflection 116 Parallax 106 76% 105 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 104 Splatting 90 79% 97 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD7SN6S-256G-1006 256GB 4,074 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: X3511006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 232 251 252 246 250 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 395 Write 360 Mixed 214 SusWrite 248 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 36.1 126% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 192 168% 252 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 92%
Intel 545s Series 512GB-$95 12,034 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 450GB free Firmware: LHF004C SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 250 290 295 298 295 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Read 390 Write 297 Mixed 262 SusWrite 280 69% 307 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 81.9 4K Mixed 45.4 146% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 137 113% 160 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 160 161 162 160 162 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 136 Mixed 77.4 SusWrite 159 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 114%
USB Flash Memory 2GB 592 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 2GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.1 4.2 4.1 4.3 4.3 4 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	2.85% Terrible	Read 7.5 Write 4 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 4.1 6% 4.53 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.85% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.6% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.8 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 20.3 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 61%

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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	248x
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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $390

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