Asus H97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.3% 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	72.5% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus H97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140423
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '17 at 06:52
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 106 2-Core 215 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 428 57% 425 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% EVGA(3842 2773) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.3% Below average	Lighting 40.2 Reflection 36 Parallax 47.7 33% 41.3 fps	MRender 51 Gravity 45.3 Splatting 33.3 34% 43.2 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19837 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 114 (B1) Unknown 88 88 409 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 57 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 51 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23074506885	72.5% Very good	Read 498 Write 237 Mixed 309 77% 348 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 17.1 112% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 28.5 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 17.3 45% 89.4 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 110%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 148 137 11558 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5318 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 19816 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 104 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5280 (C2) HDA temperature 110 96 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	82.9% Excellent	Read 149 Write 140 Mixed 125 103% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.87 4K Mixed 0.2 105% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 926GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 32749989 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2757 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 58 58 81615504007 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34655 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 365 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 65535 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 56 555024417 (C2) HDA temperature 33 44 68719476769 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 18 17 32749989 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 117 4058794 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -42361262411839 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3041371671 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3837343741	61.2% Good	Read 110 Write 103 Mixed 99.3 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.5 116% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 398GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 122472019 (03) Spinup time 95 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3417 (05) Reallocated sector count 81 81 811 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 201177060 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 41049 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 135 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 88 88 12 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 49 49 51 (BE) vendor-specific 60 43 1250524659752 (C2) HDA temperature 40 57 73014444072 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 23 122472019 (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 118695716229867 (F1) Unknown 100 253 177199746 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3505004972	45.1% Average	Read 77.4 Write 79.8 Mixed 80.7 60% 79.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.53 110% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 70%
H/W RAID 5 9TB 97 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 132 Write 77.9 Mixed 77.3 112% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.92 4K Write 0.14 4K Mixed 0.07 22% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 16,472 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62.2% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 18 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 63%

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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 $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