Asus H97M-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 67%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 49%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics87.5% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus H97M-PLUS  (all builds)
Memory4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140509
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 08 '18 at 09:01
Run Duration122 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU 43%

 PC Performing as expected (45th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4590-$188
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
79.1% Very good
Memory 90.8
1-Core 102
2-Core 200
76% 131 Pts
4-Core 398
8-Core 350
51% 374 Pts
64-Core 330
20% 330 Pts
Poor: 45%
This bench: 79.1%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
Nvidia(10DE 119D) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11
Performing below potential (14th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
87.5% Excellent
Lighting 129
Reflection 138
Parallax 118
105% 129 fps
MRender 99
Gravity 123
Splatting 0.04
53% 74.1 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 87.5%
Great: 101%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35
49GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 15.01H15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 59 66 47 54 66 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
21% Poor
Read 19.8
Write 63.5
Mixed 17.5
SusWrite 53.5
28% 38.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.1
29% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 24%
This bench: 21%
Great: 69%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 99U5584-005.A00LF 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
53.9% Above average
MC Read 18.7
MC Write 19.6
MC Mixed 17.5
53% 18.6 GB/s
SC Read 13
SC Write 17.6
SC Mixed 16.2
45% 15.6 GB/s
Latency 66.1
60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 53.9%
Great: 59%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical H97M-PLUS Builds (Compare 969 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus H97M-PLUS - $140

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 55% - Above average Total price: $390
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