Asus H97-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.6% 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	96.9% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus H97-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '19 at 20:06
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 241 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 464 62% 461 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% MSI(1462 3030) 2GB CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	29.6% Poor	Lighting 37 Reflection 33.5 Parallax 48.9 30% 39.8 fps	MRender 30.1 Gravity 32.8 Splatting 38.8 28% 33.9 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 401GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 457 289 240 238 240 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Read 420 Write 442 Mixed 379 SusWrite 317 88% 389 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 40.2 149% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 324 246% 331 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 99%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 482GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 83 83 80 80 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 98.1 Write 43.9 Mixed 62.1 SusWrite 81.5 53% 71.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 62%
WD Black 2.5" 500GB (2011)-$50 12,013 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 465GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 107 106 107 108 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 120 Write 104 Mixed 66.6 SusWrite 107 73% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 65%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 372GB free Firmware: GG2OA7A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 47 49 52 51 50 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	40% Average	Read 89.5 Write 60.9 Mixed 26.1 SusWrite 49.9 41% 56.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.4 86% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 58%
WD Black 2.5" 500GB (2011)-$50 12,013 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 466GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 124 124 124 126 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 110 Write 127 Mixed 69 SusWrite 124 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 4x4GB 1,859 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	62.1% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.8 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 19.8 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 63%

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 32%

Sail boat

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 $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