Asus H97-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	47.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	35.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150304
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '20 at 14:20
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 75.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 248 81% 149 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 602 65% 516 Pts	64-Core 650 40% 650 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.6% Average	Lighting 68 Reflection 67.7 Parallax 60.6 55% 65.4 fps	MRender 73.6 Gravity 63.1 Splatting 0.04 32% 45.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS480G2G0B-00EPW0 480GB 14,337 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 302GB free (System drive) Firmware: UK130400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 4.1 28 49 18 159 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	Read 444 Write 373 Mixed 8.4 SusWrite 66.3 49% 223 MB/s	4K Read 8 4K Write 48.4 4K Mixed 1.3 39% 19.2 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 12.5 DQ Mixed 1.2 18% 45.2 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 59%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 309GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 130 132 132 133 133 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 165 Write 147 Mixed 97.1 SusWrite 130 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 109%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 453GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 69 69 70 69 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 50.3 Write 50.8 Mixed 37.1 SusWrite 68.8 38% 51.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 133% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.7% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 16.7 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 17.8 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 88.8 45% 88.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 86%

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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 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

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 i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	244x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	192x
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 $94Bench 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 $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