Asus H97-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus H97-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	8.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '20 at 00:40
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 107 2-Core 224 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 432 59% 441 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 368F) 2GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Lighting 46.1 Reflection 48 Parallax 41.5 38% 45.2 fps	MRender 37.6 Gravity 43.4 Splatting 37.6 32% 39.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS340 240GB 10,970 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 198GB free Firmware: APE13PE0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 153 158 154 151 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 379 Write 377 Mixed 312 SusWrite 166 69% 308 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 82.9 4K Mixed 31.4 127% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 204 182% 272 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 PRO 256GB 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 109 124 128 141 136 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 136 Write 152 Mixed 29 SusWrite 125 25% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 2% 0.77 MB/s

WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 232GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 271 273 270 270 264 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 447 Write 289 Mixed 250 SusWrite 272 232% 315 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 35.9 6,471% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 225 2,360% 292 MB/s
Poor: 23% Great: 49%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 321GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 108 109 108 110 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 114 Write 110 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 109 75% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73DB0-CK0 0420 16GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18.2 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 18.1 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 60%

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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	380x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	260x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	248x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	193x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	130x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	121x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	67x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	49x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	41x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	92x
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

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