Asus H97-PLUS

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	62.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus H97-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '18 at 07:24
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 86.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 224 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 645 64% 520 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900NS38 256GB 685 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.8.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 16331996 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 1331439865787 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2164 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 193 (B1) Unknown 0 0 91 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 42 62 25773867050 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 16331996 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 16331996 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 16331996 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 87 87 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 77741 (EA) Unknown 0 0 15495 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15495 (F2) Unknown 0 0 22988	62.1% Good	Read 472 Write 242 Mixed 283 73% 332 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 87.3 4K Mixed 10.4 91% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 18.3 DQ Write 92.8 DQ Mixed 11 22% 40.7 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 81%
SanDisk X110 128GB-$89 11,245 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 77GB free Firmware: X231706 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^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 100 100 309 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 439 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 51542556673 (AE) Unknown 100 100 36 (B7) Unknown 4 4 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 609 (BE) vendor-specific 70 50 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	77.4% Very good	Read 402 Write 241 Mixed 265 67% 303 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 21.2 123% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 38.5 83% 173 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 89%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 63GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 228 176 3558 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3722 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7011 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2185 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 300 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 164 164 108839 (C2) HDA temperature 125 109 25 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	59.3% Above average	Read 104 Write 103 Mixed 95.7 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.25 103% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL9-10-9 D3-1866 1x8GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 8 27% 9.57 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 9.9 27% 9.6 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 36%

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Asus H97-PLUS - $132

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	375x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	255x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	243x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	191x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	127x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	121x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	66x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	48x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	41x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	91x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	46x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	35x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $567

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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