Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.96% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	170% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151110
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '20 at 16:28
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 as expected (53^rd percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 122 2-Core 204 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 636 62% 511 Pts	64-Core 638 40% 638 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 87%

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. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.96% Terrible	Lighting 3.97 Reflection 6.77 Parallax 6.66 3% 5.8 fps	MRender 9.24 Gravity 2.5 Splatting 7.7 5% 6.48 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.96% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 256GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 586 565 563 562 541 524 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 706 Write 618 Mixed 627 SusWrite 557 141% 627 MB/s	4K Read 57.9 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 71.7 244% 83.4 MB/s	DQ Read 768 DQ Write 667 DQ Mixed 888 619% 774 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 340%
WD Purple 1TB (2014)-$40 18,782 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 37GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 143 145 145 145 142 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 138 Write 144 Mixed 73 SusWrite 143 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 208% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 87GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 111 110 112 112 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 106 Write 92.2 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 111 67% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 70%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 2GB 93 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 0743 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 13 13 13 13 13 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	7.12% Terrible	Read 18.5 Write 12 Mixed 9.8 SusWrite 13.2 17% 13.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 26% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.12% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-050.A00LF 2x8GB 1,731 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.8% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 15.9 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 13.3 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 61%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus H97M-E - $99

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	589x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	390x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	306x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	200x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	193x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	160x

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	64x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16