Asus H97M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.7% 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	73.3% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus H97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '17 at 21:35
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 123 2-Core 251 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 601 66% 521 Pts	64-Core 663 41% 663 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2199 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 120 Parallax 105 93% 113 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 106 Splatting 104 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SM2280S3 SATA M.2 120GB-$128 1,644 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM06.A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13548 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1270 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (AA) Unknown 100 100 374 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5242993 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 73 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5055 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5058 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4409 (F4) Unknown 100 100 80 (F5) Unknown 100 100 113 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2905776 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 32374	73.3% Very good	Read 480 Write 315 Mixed 385 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 8.82 94% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 24.9 64% 135 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 82%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 51GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2681120 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 112588272719104 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1468 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 268 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2681120 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2681120 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2681120 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14385 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14142 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14142 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13592	50.8% Above average	Read 198 Write 117 Mixed 159 35% 158 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 12.6 101% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 38.5 60% 114 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 61%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2011)-$75 18,569 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 653GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 22 (03) Spinup time 183 181 1833 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2685 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7673 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1251 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 3468 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 156 156 133974 (C2) HDA temperature 119 91 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 97 97 2593 (F1) Unknown 200 200 24412795303 (F2) Unknown 200 200 24183606985 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	60.6% Good	Read 103 Write 108 Mixed 101 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.26 88% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 63%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 49GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 2208 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3553 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18381 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1721 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 258 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3294 (C2) HDA temperature 110 99 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 78 78 16089 (F1) Unknown 200 200 52035487376 (F2) Unknown 200 200 51035338515	79.2% Very good	Read 138 Write 138 Mixed 117 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.17 80% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.7 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 19.6 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 60.1 66% 60.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 73%

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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	249x
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 $94Bench 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 $273	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 $177	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) $37	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