Asus H97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 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 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	49.3% 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)
Boot Drive	35.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	0.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	17.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '24 at 09:30
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 103 2-Core 194 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 524 54% 435 Pts	64-Core 538 33% 538 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% XFX(1682 C570) CLim: 1356 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 23.9.2 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Lighting 61.9 Reflection 62.6 Parallax 84.4 50% 69.6 fps	MRender 61.8 Gravity 68.3 Splatting 46.9 47% 59 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 271GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 94 64 98 93 51 MB/s Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	35.2% Below average	Read 202 Write 211 Mixed 3 SusWrite 84.8 28% 125 MB/s	4K Read 11.3 4K Write 61.2 4K Mixed 0.2 50% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 0.1 55% 130 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 76%
WD Black SN770 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB 12,579 User benchmarks, average bench 380% 163GB free Firmware: 731030WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 641 663 668 682 690 682 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 698 Write 682 Mixed 627 SusWrite 671 151% 669 MB/s	4K Read 60.8 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 66.6 244% 84.1 MB/s	DQ Read 783 DQ Write 746 DQ Mixed 1,006 689% 845 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 507%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 189GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 99 99 99 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 147 Write 113 Mixed 82.1 SusWrite 99 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 114%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 348GB free Firmware: MS2OA800 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 126 126 119 127 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 120 Write 120 Mixed 30.9 SusWrite 125 72% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BA160B.C16 2x8GB 11,058 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.7% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.2 52% 18 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 15.5 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 1: 0P 0R 0G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
1%	11%	9	171	7	75	31.5"	1280 720	GSM771D LG QHD

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Asus H97M-PLUS - $140

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	251x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	120x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	109x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	92x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	73x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	62x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	43x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	27x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	45x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	22x
CT102464BA160B.C16 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 11,058 samples	17x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $390

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16