Asus H97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	23.6% 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	186% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '20 at 15:52
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 238 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 621 65% 521 Pts	64-Core 617 38% 617 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% MSI(1462 C724) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	23.6% Poor	Lighting 26.7 Reflection 30.8 Parallax 25 22% 27.5 fps	MRender 38.1 Gravity 26.7 Splatting 34.8 27% 33.2 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin MKNSSDPL2TB-D8 2TB 197 User benchmarks, average bench 286% 504GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN163 SusWrite @10s intervals: 563 424 426 415 429 560 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	186% Outstanding	Read 1,329 Write 1,160 Mixed 906 SusWrite 469 216% 966 MB/s	4K Read 51.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 68.8 222% 75.6 MB/s	DQ Read 854 DQ Write 706 DQ Mixed 770 579% 777 MB/s
Poor: 166% ↑ This bench: 186% Great: 382%
ST12000NM0008-2H3101 12TB 363 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 7TB free Firmware: SN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 208 207 212 211 209 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	35.6% Below average	Read 222 Write 218 Mixed 122 SusWrite 209 43% 193 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 14.1 4K Mixed 1.4 51% 14.4 MB/s	DQ Read 4.1 DQ Write 5.2 DQ Mixed 1.5 2% 3.6 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 41%
ST12000NM0008-2H3101 12TB 363 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 7.5TB free Firmware: SN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 205 207 208 210 208 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	34.8% Below average	Read 213 Write 208 Mixed 102 SusWrite 206 41% 182 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 13.6 4K Mixed 1.4 50% 14.1 MB/s	DQ Read 3.9 DQ Write 4.6 DQ Mixed 1.6 2% 3.37 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 41%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 82GB free Firmware: M0CR070 SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 271 257 232 229 212 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 413 Write 473 Mixed 379 SusWrite 236 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 39.9 143% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 344 257% 341 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 104%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 141 144 143 144 146 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 140 Write 125 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 144 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 272% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 63%

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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	249x
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 $94Bench 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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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