Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150515
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '17 at 10:16
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 87 1-Core 111 2-Core 217 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 598 64% 508 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3683) CLim: 1641 MHz, MLim: 1841 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Lighting 80.6 Reflection 79.3 Parallax 71.1 66% 77 fps	MRender 80 Gravity 72.6 Splatting 63.1 58% 71.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0801A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 374 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 379 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 53 (A3) Unknown 100 100 15 (A4) Unknown 100 100 25913 (A5) Unknown 100 100 88 (A6) Unknown 100 100 12 (A7) Unknown 100 100 52 (94) Unknown 100 100 18948 (95) Unknown 100 100 653 (96) Unknown 100 100 507 (97) Unknown 100 100 631 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 12 (B5) Unknown 100 100 1 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 44 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 6 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 111842 (F2) Unknown 100 100 90277 (F5) Unknown 100 100 414608	72.2% Very good	Read 496 Write 332 Mixed 350 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 72.2 4K Mixed 12.6 92% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 22.2 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 53.4 63% 102 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC56 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 232189296 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 167 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 4473204465 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 15784 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 91 (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 72 58 538181660 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 169 (C2) HDA temperature 28 42 81604378652 (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 22832046161296 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9425335167 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13105153910	99.5% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 159 Mixed 162 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.22 101% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 267GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 159693639 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 784 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 60239514 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2865 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 624 (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 71 58 571736093 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 793 (C2) HDA temperature 29 10 42949672989 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 3 1 159693639 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -20401094653303 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22025367784 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12518159444	86.5% Excellent	Read 140 Write 162 Mixed 134 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.23 90% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown AO2L16BC8R2-BR2S 0420 AO2L16BC4R1-BR1S 1302 PSD34G160081 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.9% Below average	MC Read 12.6 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 10.4 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 11.8 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 58%

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Asus H97M-E - $99

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	585x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	388x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	305x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	199x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	192x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	159x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	70x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	68x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	64x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	107x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	63x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	43x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $277

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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