Asus H97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	9.19% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	111% 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.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '17 at 16:44
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 89 1-Core 131 2-Core 254 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 671 70% 561 Pts	64-Core 667 41% 667 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% EVGA(3842 2650) 1GB CLim: 1058 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	9.19% Terrible	Lighting 10.4 Reflection 9.46 Parallax 11.7 8% 10.5 fps	MRender 13.6 Gravity 12.2 Splatting 13.1 11% 13 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.19% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 338GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5331 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 461 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (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 65 55 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13821389165	111% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 399 Mixed 411 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 47.1 169% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 121 147% 261 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
Seagate Backup+ BK 1TB 2,418 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 765GB free Firmware: 0412 Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 75.4 Write 86.9 Mixed 79.6 61% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.34 85% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 58%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 881GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 209 176 4516 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6603 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14963 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5811 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 328491 (C2) HDA temperature 114 98 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 4 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	54.9% Above average	Read 97.2 Write 94 Mixed 94.1 72% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.16 67% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 63%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 51GB free Firmware: 3.AAF Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10283 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 334316612 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18365 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8761 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 47 890306596 (C2) HDA temperature 36 53 73014444068 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 86 62 118391420 (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	45% Average	Read 79.7 Write 77.2 Mixed 76.2 59% 77.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.36 83% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 54%

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 below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.2% Poor	MC Read 9.6 MC Write 9.3 MC Mixed 7.9 26% 8.93 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 10.2 SC Mixed 9.9 28% 9.83 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 29.2% 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	109x

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 $179	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