Asus H97-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 71%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	74% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	136% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus H97-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '19 at 22:24
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4170-$59 48,178 User benchmarks, average bench 57% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	71% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 187 77% 130 Pts	4-Core 296 8-Core 283 39% 289 Pts	64-Core 289 18% 289 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% EVGA(3842 1163) ≥ 4GB; EVGA GeForce GTX 1660 XC Black Gaming, 6GB GDDR5 CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	74% Very good	Lighting 98 Reflection 87 Parallax 82.3 80% 89.1 fps	MRender 70.8 Gravity 81.3 Splatting 76.5 62% 76.2 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$45 23,539 User benchmarks, average bench 187% 239GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 548 584 578 568 577 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 561 Mixed 385 SusWrite 555 114% 507 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 49.6 163% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 729 DQ Write 604 DQ Mixed 640 487% 658 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 277%
Transcend SSD370S 128GB-$70 10,510 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 25GB free Firmware: N1114H SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 123 106 103 112 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	64% Good	Read 448 Write 92 Mixed 175 SusWrite 118 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 10 4K Mixed 37.7 91% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 148 124% 184 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 90%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 110GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 63 62 63 62 62 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 107 Write 98.5 Mixed 64.1 SusWrite 62 61% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 57%
StoreJet Transcend 1TB 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 50GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 91 92 90 90 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 50 Write 133 Mixed 98.2 SusWrite 90.1 138% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend JM1600KLH-8G 1x8GB 981 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 9 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 10.9 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 34%

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Asus H97-PLUS - $132

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	375x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	255x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	243x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	191x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	127x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	121x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	66x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	48x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	41x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	91x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	46x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	35x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $567

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