Asus H97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 65.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	68.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141009
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '20 at 18:42
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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 (85^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 90.9 2-Core 165 67% 113 Pts	4-Core 283 8-Core 284 38% 284 Pts	64-Core 275 17% 275 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% XFX(1682 5710) Ram: 6GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.6% Good	Lighting 82 Reflection 114 Parallax 122 67% 106 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 91.9 Splatting 78.6 72% 89.4 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 107 96 95 85 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 190 Write 196 Mixed 209 SusWrite 99.4 39% 174 MB/s	4K Read 14.6 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 35 120% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 172 132% 179 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 85%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 28GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 44 47 48 49 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	Read 53.3 Write 48.5 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 47.7 35% 47.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 1 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 99U5471-054.A00LF 16GB 185 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.8% Below average	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 8.6 28% 9.83 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 9.9 28% 9.97 GB/s	Latency 76.4 52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 60%

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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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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 $260	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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16