Asus H97-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	23.4% 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)
Boot Drive	80.9% 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). 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	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141009
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '21 at 22:26
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Memory 61.4 1-Core 69.7 2-Core 132 51% 87.7 Pts	4-Core 292 8-Core 317 40% 304 Pts	64-Core 314 19% 314 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Asus(1043 048D) CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	23.4% Poor	Lighting 30 Reflection 33.1 Parallax 38.6 24% 33.9 fps	MRender 27.7 Gravity 29.1 Splatting 22.9 21% 26.6 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 358GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 406 413 388 386 383 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 414 Write 376 Mixed 348 SusWrite 394 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 59.7 4K Mixed 30.2 103% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 147 119% 172 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 125%
WD WD10EZEX-00KUWA0 500GB 306GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 108 108 109 109 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 109 Write 113 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 108 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s

Microsoft Storage Space Device 615GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 534GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 118 117 117 118 152 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	69.8% Good	Read 114 Write 104 Mixed 97.8 SusWrite 129 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 192% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	54.1% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 14.5 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 124 32% 124 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 63%

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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%

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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	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 $109Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16