Asus H97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	41.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	18.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '17 at 07:19
Run Duration	258 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 223 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 322 8-Core 601 55% 461 Pts	64-Core 612 38% 612 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Lighting 79.8 Reflection 82 Parallax 72.6 65% 78.1 fps	MRender 77.7 Gravity 72.1 Splatting 64.6 58% 71.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 95 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 291GB free Firmware: 0711 Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Read 110 Write 118 Mixed 75 22% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 8.05 4K Mixed 0.35 5% 2.95 MB/s	DQ Read 0.46 DQ Write 7.8 DQ Mixed 0.54 2% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 19%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 9609452 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 -126100239795773 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1662 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 452 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 56 25773473822 (C2) HDA temperature 30 56 25773473822 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9609452 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9609452 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9609452 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18578 (EA) Unknown 0 0 24314 (F1) Unknown 0 0 24314 (F2) Unknown 0 0 23093	41.9% Average	Read 165 Write 88.6 Mixed 98.9 26% 117 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 82.3 4K Mixed 14.6 86% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 95.8 DQ Mixed 28.6 42% 78.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 73%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$39 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 787GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 155678683 (03) Spinup time 100 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 119 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16262614 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13789 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 107 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 59 488374301 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 244975 (C2) HDA temperature 29 41 81604378653 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 41 34 155678683 (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 -56818122349058 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1525026800 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4054037968 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	47% Average	Read 81.1 Write 82.6 Mixed 73.9 60% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.42 90% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 58%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$39 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 787GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 132240104 (03) Spinup time 100 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 28 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16170146 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12805 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 20 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 66 572391456 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 336603 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 81604378656 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 36 132240104 (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 -102009768239336 (F1) Unknown 100 253 528590215 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2084508402 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	47.7% Average	Read 82.3 Write 83.9 Mixed 78.8 62% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.46 96% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 600GB free Firmware: HP34 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 209509088 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1702 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 4420626487 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14679 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 564 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1236521920 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 59 13390053405 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 155 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 55 55 90816 (C2) HDA temperature 29 41 -140737488355299 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	76.7% Very good	Read 134 Write 134 Mixed 134 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.33 105% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 112%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 300GB free Firmware: 0502 Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	44% Average	Read 75.1 Write 78.1 Mixed 84.1 60% 79.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.22 76% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL10-8GBXL Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 0420 F3-14900CL10-8GBXL Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 24GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.2 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 20.5 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 58%

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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	254x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	27x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	45x
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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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