Asus H97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27.8% 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	84.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150408
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '16 at 00:44
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	ALB-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 116 2-Core 234 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 468 63% 468 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gainward(10B0 1402) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6200 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	27.8% Poor	Lighting 34.9 Reflection 33.2 Parallax 29.5 28% 32.5 fps	MRender 36.8 Gravity 30.8 Splatting 31 27% 32.9 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 474 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 167 (A5) Unknown 100 100 30073487463 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 24 (A8) Unknown 100 100 13 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 50 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 39 167504511007 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 210454708273 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 398 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1044 (F1) Unknown 253 253 840 (F2) Unknown 253 253 865 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	84.9% Excellent	Read 474 Write 302 Mixed 286 78% 354 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 81.5 4K Mixed 21.3 122% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 50.5 95% 194 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 101%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 231GB free Firmware: 3.AAC Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 79 172343191 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8301 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 661535431 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 31231 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7808 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 43 655360038 (C2) HDA temperature 38 57 42949672998 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 54 47 78617612 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	49.7% Average	Read 85.3 Write 87.7 Mixed 82.5 64% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.41 97% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 54%
Seagate ST3250620AS 250GB-$149 6,960 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 222GB free Firmware: 3.AAK Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 95 55716935 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10599 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 22244683459 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 32318 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8435 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 40 688914472 (C2) HDA temperature 40 60 38654705704 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 61 55 12247356 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	41.4% Average	Read 71.4 Write 72.8 Mixed 64.6 52% 69.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.27 83% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905584-014.A00LF 2x4GB 436 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 18.4 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 59%

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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	248x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	120x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	108x

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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	27x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	44x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	22x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	16x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $390

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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