Asus H97-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.7% 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)
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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus H97-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140613
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '23 at 02:29
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 (97^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 107 2-Core 213 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 397 51% 388 Pts	64-Core 390 24% 390 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1368) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 528.02 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Lighting 67.4 Reflection 71 Parallax 63.7 55% 67.4 fps	MRender 68.7 Gravity 66.1 Splatting 56.3 51% 63.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2.0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 394 Write 228 Mixed 51.7 49% 225 MB/s	4K Read 11.9 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 9.6 32% 8.4 MB/s
Poor: 29% Great: 56%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 1.5TB 1,258 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 72GB free Firmware: 0304 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 47.4 Write 83.8 Mixed 71.5 51% 67.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.5 132% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 15% Great: 65%
Seagate One Touch HDD 2TB 598 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 648GB free Firmware: 0002 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 36.8 Write 40.4 Mixed 32.7 28% 36.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 18% Great: 66%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 11GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 66 66 65 64 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	39% Below average	Read 69.9 Write 56.6 Mixed 44.8 SusWrite 65.7 44% 59.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 67%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 5GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 85 88 82 36 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 76 Write 83.7 Mixed 62.1 SusWrite 69.7 54% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/4G 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1333, 1333, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.2 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 14.3 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 64%

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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	377x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	258x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	246x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	192x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	128x
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 $76Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16