Asus H97M-E

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics13.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus H97M-E  (all builds)
Memory7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit cores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20141009
Uptime3.6 Days
Run DateOct 17 '19 at 05:21
Run Duration133 Seconds
Run User ROU-User
Background CPU 39%

 PC Performing as expected (48th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4460-$194
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
75.4% Very good
Memory 83.7
1-Core 98.2
2-Core 192
72% 125 Pts
4-Core 387
8-Core 390
52% 389 Pts
64-Core 382
24% 382 Pts
Poor: 46%
This bench: 75.4%
Great: 72%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R7 360-$100
CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
13.2% Very poor
Lighting 14.8
Reflection 25.1
Parallax 23.5
12% 21.1 fps
MRender 17.1
Gravity 13.1
Splatting 24.3
15% 18.2 fps
Poor: 16%
This bench: 13.2%
Great: 20%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35
19GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 541ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 30 28 30 32 37 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 41% Great: 85%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65
449GB free
Firmware: 01.00A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 83 84 82 84 84 MB/s
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
44.1% Average
Read 70.2
Write 79.5
Mixed 41.5
SusWrite 83.3
50% 68.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
118% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 44.1%
Great: 57%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB
1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing below potential (33rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
39.4% Below average
MC Read 13.7
MC Write 14.8
MC Mixed 11.9
38% 13.5 GB/s
SC Read 10
SC Write 11.6
SC Mixed 10.2
30% 10.6 GB/s
Latency 73.9
54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 25%
This bench: 39.4%
Great: 58%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical H97M-E Builds (Compare 2,531 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus H97M-E - $99

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $277
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