Asus H97I-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	118% 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.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus H97I-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '15 at 19:20
Run Duration	356 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790S-$60 13,224 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 104 2-Core 215 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 574 58% 472 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4264 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2588 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 304 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 42 (AE) Unknown 99 99 18 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 802 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 47 23 53 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 10768 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6434 (F2) Unknown 99 99 5211	118% Outstanding	Read 696 Write 696 Mixed 719 158% 704 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 92.4 4K Mixed 26.2 143% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 26.6 50% 100 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 220%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 275 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 969GB free, PID 2312 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	42.9% Average	Read 95.7 Write 106 Mixed 89.9 126% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.31 77% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 52%
HGST HDN 726060ALE610 6TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 554GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	72.5% Very good	Read 175 Write 174 Mixed 165 220% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 2.97 4K Mixed 0.38 118% 1.45 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 73%
ST330006 51AS 3TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 307GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	46.5% Average	Read 113 Write 108 Mixed 105 139% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.55 91% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 46%
ST330006 51AS 3TB 306GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	37.2% Below average	Read 79.3 Write 94 Mixed 87.9 115% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.26 67% 0.75 MB/s

ST330006 51AS 3TB 301GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.3% Average	Read 88.7 Write 111 Mixed 90.3 128% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.48 85% 0.95 MB/s

ST4000DM 000-1F2168 4TB 108 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 268GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	47% Average	Read 127 Write 117 Mixed 120 155% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.15 38% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 59%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 124GB 7,722 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 36GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	21.2% Poor	Read 99.3 Write 14.5 Mixed 21.5 41% 45.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.01 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.4 57% 1.45 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 37%
Sony DSC 16GB 15GB free, PID 0467 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 3.3 2% 3.3 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 1600 C7 2x8GB 2,105 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	62.1% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.5 60% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 21 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 75%

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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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	11x
850 Evo 1TBSamsung $122Bench 110%, 154,399 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: 65% - Good

Total price: $396

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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 $40	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