Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	23.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	44.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160328
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '21 at 11:58
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	PAK-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 (88^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 88 1-Core 104 2-Core 211 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 329 8-Core 415 48% 372 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% XFX(1682 9560) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1295 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.8.1 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	23.8% Poor	Lighting 29.4 Reflection 29.7 Parallax 40.7 24% 33.3 fps	MRender 28.3 Gravity 32 Splatting 26.9 24% 29.1 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 120GB 16,974 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: UE4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 25 13 24 25 110 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 428 Write 224 Mixed 156 SusWrite 57.3 48% 216 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 35.1 4K Mixed 18.3 66% 23.1 MB/s	DQ Read 55.5 DQ Write 80.6 DQ Mixed 42 39% 59.4 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 886GB free Firmware: CC61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 144 146 139 145 156 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 148 Write 150 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 145 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 112%
Hitachi HTS723232A7A364 320GB 11,127 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 271GB free Firmware: EC2OA60W SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 75 74 75 75 75 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	42.9% Average	Read 74.5 Write 76.5 Mixed 48.7 SusWrite 75 50% 68.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U6AFR8C-PB 2x4GB 14,558 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.4% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 11.2 MC Mixed 9 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 10.6 SC Mixed 9.5 28% 9.9 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 59%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	5	60	18.5"	1280 720	HWP3005 HP LV1911

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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 $273	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 $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 $40	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