Asus H97-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 6% 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.94% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	90.4% 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	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	2.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151207
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '17 at 15:50
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	3%

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 i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 116 2-Core 224 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 434 58% 436 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.94% Terrible	Lighting 4.17 Reflection 7.19 Parallax 7.09 3% 6.15 fps	MRender 7.05 Gravity 2.53 Splatting 8.09 5% 5.89 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.94% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4879 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 663 (B1) Unknown 99 99 21 (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 65 59 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 38 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13469255868	90.4% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 415 Mixed 416 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 86.5 4K Mixed 25.1 141% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 45.6 DQ Write 98.9 DQ Mixed 25.1 32% 56.6 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 124%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 877GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 175 8108 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 224 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1818 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 224 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5010 (C2) HDA temperature 118 110 34 (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	64.7% Good	Read 123 Write 102 Mixed 114 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.16 71% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 101%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 33GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 177 7983 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 370 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 2937 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 370 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 18147 (C2) HDA temperature 123 118 29 (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	43.9% Average	Read 74.9 Write 77.8 Mixed 72.3 56% 75 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.22 84% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 101%
WD Re 2TB-$54 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 43GB free Firmware: 01.01D01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8991 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2733 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20689 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2701 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 266 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2466 (C2) HDA temperature 121 96 31 (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	82.5% Excellent	Read 151 Write 136 Mixed 124 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.43 143% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 83%
WD WD20EVDS-63T3B0 2TB 919 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 4GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 140 9808 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3362 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25389 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3354 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 301 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 33715 (C2) HDA temperature 117 96 35 (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 5084 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	20.6% Poor	Read 32.8 Write 39.1 Mixed 32.8 26% 34.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.71 4K Mixed 0.1 29% 0.31 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 37,489 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	30% Below average	MC Read 10.1 MC Write 10 MC Mixed 8.6 27% 9.57 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 5.4 SC Mixed 9.7 24% 8.23 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 35%

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

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 i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	244x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	192x
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 $94Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $45	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