Asus H97M-PLUS

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics93.6% 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 Drive130% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
5 years ago, 5 years ago.
MotherboardAsus H97M-PLUS  (all builds)
Memory5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160222
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 23 '18 at 02:55
Run Duration160 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 15%
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 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690-$51
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
82.8% Excellent
Memory 90.6
1-Core 115
2-Core 227
82% 144 Pts
4-Core 433
8-Core 439
58% 436 Pts
64-Core 424
26% 424 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 82.8%
Great: 77%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
93.6% Outstanding
Lighting 120
Reflection 121
Parallax 112
98% 118 fps
MRender 101
Gravity 106
Splatting 106
86% 104 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 93.6%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB
153GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
130% Outstanding
Read 993
Write 917
Mixed 972
215% 961 MB/s
4K Read 34.9
4K Write 46.3
4K Mixed 21.9
105% 34.4 MB/s
DQ Read 25
DQ Write 100
DQ Mixed 21.1
28% 48.8 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 130%
Great: 133%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48
347GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
84.8% Excellent
Read 152
Write 144
Mixed 110
101% 135 MB/s
4K Read 0.95
4K Write 2.04
4K Mixed 0.23
104% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 84.8%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 99U5471-012.A00LF 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
29.9% Poor
MC Read 9.4
MC Write 9.8
MC Mixed 8.4
26% 9.2 GB/s
SC Read 9.4
SC Write 10.1
SC Mixed 9.6
28% 9.7 GB/s
Latency 66.3
60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 29.9%
Great: 54%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical H97M-PLUS Builds (Compare 976 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus H97M-PLUS - $140

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 55% - Above average Total price: $390
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