Asus H97I-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	97.9% 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 H97I-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 20:48
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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 i5-4690S-$141 2,142 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 113 2-Core 216 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 411 55% 409 Pts	64-Core 409 25% 409 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Read 692 Write 525 Mixed 546 131% 588 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 85.5 4K Mixed 17 122% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 38.8 DQ Write 95.3 DQ Mixed 16.6 27% 50.3 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 236%
Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 1TB-$47 10,943 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 931GB free Firmware: GKAOA9DA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 151 (03) Spinup time 125 125 55875273203 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1617 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 132 33 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 73549 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 121 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2244 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2244 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 326418038818 (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 2	46.8% Average	Read 79.5 Write 83.1 Mixed 82.1 62% 81.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.49 126% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BA160B.C16 2x8GB 11,058 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.7% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 18.4 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 19.8 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 61%

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 66%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Asus H97I-PLUS - $170

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	59x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	41x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	30x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	31x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	29x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	22x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	11x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	19x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	19x
BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 2x8GBCrucialBench 54%, 3,774 samples	10x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $400

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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