Asus H97-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.2% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus H97-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '21 at 19:33
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 89 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 431 58% 432 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5166 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.2% Terrible	Lighting 3.6 Reflection 2.6 Parallax 6.3 3% 4.17 fps	MRender 6.5 Gravity 2.5 Splatting 4.7 4% 4.57 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.2% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 496 Write 478 Mixed 393 102% 456 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 58.8 200% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 73% Great: 122%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 3TB 8,194 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 400GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 32 18 18 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	9.07% Terrible	Read 3.5 Write 0.2 Mixed 2.2 SusWrite 28 6% 8.48 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.3 56% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 9.07% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 201GB free Firmware: HP13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 129 130 130 130 131 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 134 Write 86 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 129 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 112%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 6TB 10,357 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 5.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 180 182 183 181 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 132 Write 168 Mixed 112 SusWrite 179 109% 148 MB/s	4K Read 6.4 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.9 444% 3.83 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 90%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 3TB 8,194 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 510GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 99 112 125 128 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 126 Write 120 Mixed 18.7 SusWrite 115 68% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 112%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 6TB 10,357 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 667GB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 99 97 95 99 99 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 70 Write 83 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 96.5 60% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.5 186% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 90%
Generic MassStorageClass 128GB 1,137 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 81GB free, PID 0749 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 81 82 70 67 75 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 89 Write 82 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 74.6 98% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 2.4 194% 3.57 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 24GB 167 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	51% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 15.6 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 16.3 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 63%

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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	256x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	48x
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

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