Asus H97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.9% 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	85.4% 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 H97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '18 at 01:26
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 87.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 236 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 634 68% 543 Pts	64-Core 633 39% 633 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 049A) CLim: 990 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.2.3 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Lighting 46.9 Reflection 51.9 Parallax 55.8 38% 51.5 fps	MRender 50.4 Gravity 40.6 Splatting 36.9 34% 42.7 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZNTE256HMHP-00000 256GB 803 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT2200Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11409 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 848 (B1) Unknown 97 97 97 (B3) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 38 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 509 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19399125267 (F2) Unknown 99 99 24447152711	85.4% Excellent	Read 499 Write 264 Mixed 333 80% 365 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 99.1 4K Mixed 17.2 126% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 13.5 87% 204 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 90%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 112GB free Firmware: 526ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 7604711 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 -119451630398006 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 861 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 177 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 76 55839555611 (C2) HDA temperature 27 76 55839555611 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7604711 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7604711 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7604711 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 92 92 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 43163 (EA) Unknown 0 0 25312 (F1) Unknown 0 0 25312 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13586	71.5% Very good	Read 486 Write 188 Mixed 265 69% 313 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 12.9 111% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 11.1 61% 139 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 580GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 171845595 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6969 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 75303270 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16634 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 583 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 239 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 71 55 588644381 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7680 (C2) HDA temperature 29 11 47244640285 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 171845595 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 110887465659467 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29223236823 (F2) Unknown 100 253 51660422556	99.2% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 172 Mixed 143 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.3 82% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	52.1% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.4 52% 18 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 16.6 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 71%

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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	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 $295	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