Asus H97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.5% 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	97.1% 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 H97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150519
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '16 at 18:21
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 102 2-Core 206 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 420 56% 421 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6191 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	Lighting 46.5 Reflection 43.6 Parallax 38.9 38% 43 fps	MRender 39.5 Gravity 39.9 Splatting 35.1 31% 38.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3228 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2487 (B1) Unknown 95 95 57 (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 71 46 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1302 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21451587908	97.1% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 348 Mixed 355 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 27.3 144% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 84.4 122% 231 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 118%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 188GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 166 2375 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2220 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2315 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1796 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 121 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2098 (C2) HDA temperature 115 94 28 (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	73.1% Very good	Read 159 Write 95.3 Mixed 131 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.33 103% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 109%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 32GB-$28 4,213 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 19GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 251 Write 43.9 Mixed 46.3 103% 114 MB/s	4K Read 12.7 4K Write 4.09 4K Mixed 2.94 286% 6.59 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS4G3D169DS3.16FE 1315 BLS4G3D169DS3.16FE 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.8% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 20.2 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 20.1 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 62.8% 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	251x
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 $80Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16