Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141009
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '18 at 06:34
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 102 2-Core 208 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 403 54% 406 Pts	64-Core 411 25% 411 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 862C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Lighting 77.3 Reflection 77.9 Parallax 67.6 63% 74.3 fps	MRender 71.3 Gravity 70.7 Splatting 73 59% 71.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 63 57 60 55 55 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 481 Write 348 Mixed 322 SusWrite 84.6 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 41.3 151% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 116 134% 229 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 82%
External USB3.0 120GB 187 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 61GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 64 64 69 71 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	33.4% Below average	Read 310 Write 123 Mixed 156 SusWrite 71.5 36% 165 MB/s	4K Read 12.4 4K Write 14.4 4K Mixed 16.2 47% 14.3 MB/s	DQ Read 47.9 DQ Write 25.9 DQ Mixed 31 25% 34.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 743GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 159 160 161 160 159 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 111 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 158 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 114%
WD My Passport 259F 1TB 11,016 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 348GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 108 107 108 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 100 Write 101 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 108 125% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 104% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 45%

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 above expectations (74^th percentile)	33.4% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 9.8 30% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 10.7 SC Mixed 9.9 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 35%

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

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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	583x
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 $37Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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