Asus H97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	129% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140613
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '19 at 14:25
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 109 2-Core 216 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 426 56% 421 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 36FC) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.1% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 111 Parallax 95.2 83% 103 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 95.9 Splatting 99.7 80% 97.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$110 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 689GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 470 476 486 428 366 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 457 Mixed 408 SusWrite 446 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 63.3 211% 75 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 363 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$25 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 36GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 112 113 113 114 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 116 Write 109 Mixed 61.9 SusWrite 113 73% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$85 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 952GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 150 152 152 154 153 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 132 Mixed 78 SusWrite 151 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 57GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 88 90 91 91 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 140 Write 121 Mixed 71 SusWrite 90.7 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 227% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 109%
Imation ImationFlashDriv 4GB 105 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 044e Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.9 0.3 0.8 0.8 0.7 1.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	2.3% Terrible	Read 7.5 Write 2.5 Mixed 2.8 SusWrite 0.8 4% 3.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.2 23% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.3% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 6,123 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.3% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 20.2 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 61%

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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	256x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	122x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	110x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	92x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	74x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	63x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	43x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	27x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	46x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	22x
CT102464BA160B.C16 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 11,058 samples	17x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $390

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16