Asus H97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	80.7% 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	79.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140522
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '18 at 09:29
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 84.9 1-Core 101 2-Core 142 67% 109 Pts	4-Core 300 8-Core 311 40% 306 Pts	64-Core 348 22% 348 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.7% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 110 Parallax 93.8 82% 102 fps	MRender 95.2 Gravity 94.5 Splatting 97 78% 95.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 118 146 174 132 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 399 Write 161 Mixed 210 SusWrite 140 50% 227 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 39.3 157% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 168 124% 165 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 258GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 125 125 125 125 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 167 Write 157 Mixed 86 SusWrite 125 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73QH0-CK0 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.9% Below average	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 9 28% 9.83 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 10.3 SC Mixed 9.2 27% 9.57 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 48%

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

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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 $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	27x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	44x
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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16