Asus H97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.99% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	93.9% 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	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140509
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '16 at 08:34
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 240 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 630 66% 528 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 610 62,458 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 847B) 1GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 300 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 369.9 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	1.99% Terrible	Lighting 2.33 Reflection 2.81 Parallax 1.78 2% 2.31 fps	MRender 2.67 Gravity 2.43 Splatting 2.78 2% 2.63 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.99% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 EVO 500G 4TB 3.5TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 18548920 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 216 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3715467 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2487 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 220 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 57 605290532 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1476 (C2) HDA temperature 36 43 81604378660 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 51505247816087 (F1) Unknown 100 253 36429417822 (F2) Unknown 100 253 32808572616	11.4% Very poor	Read 79 Write 118 Mixed 94 22% 97 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 3.76 4K Mixed 0.51 4% 1.64 MB/s

Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 284GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11977 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 970 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 70 59 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 544 (EB) Unknown 99 99 64 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1445847489
Poor: 72% Great: 126%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 140GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16425 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1512 (B1) Unknown 97 97 36 (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 67 53 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 126 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19752919430	93.5% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 340 Mixed 354 88% 400 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 76.1 4K Mixed 22 135% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 85.2 122% 229 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 118%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15940 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1452 (B1) Unknown 98 98 20 (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 62 53 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 412 (EB) Unknown 99 99 129 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14781277794	93.9% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 348 Mixed 345 89% 400 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 73.1 4K Mixed 25.8 137% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 62.1 104% 203 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 118%
Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2015)-$107 691 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 1.5TB free Firmware: DN01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 65 143643416 (03) Spinup time 85 85 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 71 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4373630 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -43074227011218 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 71 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 56 689111081 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 836 (C2) HDA temperature 41 44 77309411369 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 4 143643416 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 92354681766121 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8736915240 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1219116652
Poor: 55% Great: 117%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 102285664 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3462 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17209529 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 15824 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1466 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 49 588447778 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 478 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10013 (C2) HDA temperature 34 51 68719476770 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 30507152719484 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22505525862 (F2) Unknown 100 253 62403918581	92.1% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 163 Mixed 139 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 5.44 4K Mixed 0.88 233% 2.39 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 108%
H/W RAID 5 6TB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 52GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Read 99.4 Write 97.3 Mixed 118 138% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.09 4K Write 0.05 4K Mixed 0.05 4% 0.06 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 80%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.7% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 10.9 MC Mixed 9.3 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 11.6 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 72%

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Gaming 8%

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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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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