Asus H97I-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 48.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	33.3% 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	74.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus H97I-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	7.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141104
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '16 at 05:24
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G3258-$31 23,497 User benchmarks, average bench 53% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	48.3% Average	Memory 79.3 1-Core 39.1 2-Core 104 47% 74.3 Pts	4-Core 98.5 8-Core 135 15% 117 Pts	64-Core 147 9% 147 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.3% Below average	Lighting 41.4 Reflection 45.5 Parallax 40.5 34% 42.5 fps	MRender 39.4 Gravity 41.8 Splatting 37.9 32% 39.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7867 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1234 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 94 94 205 (AE) Unknown 100 100 102 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 52 210452742178 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 94 94 6 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 23068012748 (F7) Unknown 100 100 197050500 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2521006305	74.9% Very good	Read 489 Write 264 Mixed 346 81% 366 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 91.4 4K Mixed 27.2 121% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 26.1 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 17.5 27% 47.9 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 91%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 0GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2567 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 521 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 50 214749216812 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2174237805 (F7) Unknown 100 100 67999183 (F8) Unknown 100 100 13685268	90.2% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 326 Mixed 376 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 93 4K Mixed 31.1 132% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 215 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 31.2 77% 160 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 97%
WD My Passport 1TB 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 64GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	21.1% Poor	Read 38.7 Write 39.8 Mixed 37.3 50% 38.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.18 82% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 992069 (997069) 2x8GB 538 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	44.7% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 15.1 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 13.2 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 81.9 49% 81.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 63%

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Asus H97I-PLUS - $170

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	59x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	41x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	30x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	31x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	29x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	22x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	11x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	19x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	19x
BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 2x8GBCrucialBench 54%, 3,774 samples	10x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $400

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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