Asus H97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	50.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

2 years ago, 23 months ago, 22 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140509
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '17 at 20:08
Run Duration	285 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 258,479 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	1-Core 127 2-Core 248 89% 188 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 655 69% 540 Pts	64-Core 634 43% 634 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$415 671,944 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	79.1% Very good	Lighting 320 Reflection 295 Parallax 308 84% 308 fps	MRender 204 Gravity 289 Splatting 229 79% 241 fps
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 86%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 120GB-$146 3,535 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2636 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 933 (AA) Unknown 86 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 716 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 38 100 81607524390 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 716 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 130 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 281722 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 44 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 86 100 0 (E9) Unknown 77 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 281722 (F2) Unknown 100 100 235305 (F9) Unknown 100 100 43464	50.3% Above average	Read 308 Write 133 Mixed 208 48% 217 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 6.74 94% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 27.7 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 8.15 28% 56.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$38 1,334,750 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 187GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 2191 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4264 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8989 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1834 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 54 4295032879 (BE) vendor-specific 67 55 555352097 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 656 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3609 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 196 17 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	109% Outstanding	Read 211 Write 167 Mixed 150 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.3 111% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%
General USB Flash Disk 64GB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 12GB free, PID 8003 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	4.92% Terrible	Read 16.8 Write 6.61 Mixed 4.11 9% 9.17 MB/s	4K Read 4.26 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.02 17% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.92% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingmax FLGG45F-E8K3B 1x8GB 97 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 8.8 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 12.2 SC Mixed 11.2 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 35%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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Gaming 51%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: Asus H97M-PLUS - $140

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $317Bench 69%, 132,824 samples	344x
Core i5-4460Intel $185Bench 59%, 138,513 samples	310x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 258,479 samples	282x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $399Bench 52%, 512,504 samples	208x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $280Bench 57%, 752,541 samples	182x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 138,558 samples	164x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $55Bench 105%, 518,957 samples	167x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $97Bench 113%, 414,632 samples	85x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $70Bench 55%, 209,618 samples	72x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 56%, 47,669 samples	88x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 15,159 samples	57x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 57,543 samples	51x

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Value: 45% - Average

Total price: $911

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $150	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $270	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
Intel Core i7-9700K $360	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $230

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $58	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24