Asus H97M-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.4% 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	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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '17 at 10:25
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 108 2-Core 210 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 401 53% 399 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Asus(1043 0464) CLim: 1120 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	Lighting 39.9 Reflection 35.9 Parallax 52.2 32% 42.7 fps	MRender 31.4 Gravity 33.4 Splatting 40.3 29% 35.1 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3913 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2905 (B1) Unknown 97 97 62 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 44 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 21 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14779067400
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 11GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 182002793 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9361 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 4757429725 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11985 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8296 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BC) Unknown 100 98 25 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 46 605421599 (C2) HDA temperature 31 54 60129542175 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 13 182002793 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 70227010289774 (F1) Unknown 100 253 998606742 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2449987736	44% Average	Read 75.8 Write 77.6 Mixed 83.8 60% 79.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.42 89% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 68%
WD WD5000AVDS-63U7B1 500GB 24,608 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 7GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 145 142 3741 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 18288 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16111 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9249 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 338 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 175 175 75833 (C2) HDA temperature 111 86 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3817 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	30.3% Below average	Read 52 Write 53.4 Mixed 56.7 41% 54 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.25 71% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown OCZ3G13331G 1317 OCZ3G13331G 0215 CM3X2G1333C9 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 8GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 1024, 1024, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance (0^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.4% Below average	MC Read 9.9 MC Write 9.8 MC Mixed 8.6 27% 9.43 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 9.9 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 50%

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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	251x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	120x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	109x

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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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
CT102464BA160B.C16 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 11,058 samples	17x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $390

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16