Asus H97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 52%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.36% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	36.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (79%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180408
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '19 at 22:05
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	79%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	52% Above average	Memory 61.6 1-Core 82.6 2-Core 168 58% 104 Pts	4-Core 241 8-Core 268 34% 255 Pts	64-Core 293 18% 293 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 260-$250 11,945 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Device(0000 0000) 896MB Ram: 896MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	8.36% Terrible	Lighting 11.4 Reflection 8.69 Parallax 4.88 9% 8.31 fps	MRender 9.48 Gravity 8.93 Splatting 6.48 7% 8.3 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.36% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V+200 Series 120GB 853 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507KC4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 131 120 130 128 123 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Read 294 Write 192 Mixed 197 SusWrite 126 45% 202 MB/s	4K Read 13.8 4K Write 18.5 4K Mixed 15.4 50% 15.9 MB/s	DQ Read 16.9 DQ Write 36.3 DQ Mixed 19.7 17% 24.3 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 83%
Samsung HD161HJ 160GB-$40 22,667 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 39GB free Firmware: JF100-19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 44 44 44 44 44 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	26.9% Poor	Read 49.5 Write 55 Mixed 38 SusWrite 44 34% 46.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 125% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 42%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 365GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 62 64 63 64 64 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 82.5 Write 85 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 62.6 51% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 51%
USB DISK 3.0 32GB 310 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 24GB free, PID 5100 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 24 24 25 25 24 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	20.9% Poor	Read 100 Write 34.8 Mixed 23 SusWrite 24.2 50% 45.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 17% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 23%
ST310005 28AS 1TB 286 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 37GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 36 36 36 36 36 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Read 35 Write 35.5 Mixed 25.7 SusWrite 35.6 45% 32.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 88% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BA160B.C16 2x8GB 11,058 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	52% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 17.4 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 16.5 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 123 32% 123 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 66%

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Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus H97M-PLUS - $140

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	248x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	120x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	108x

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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	16x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $390

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