Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	0.57% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	133% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160328
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 22 '22 at 09:22
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 95.2 2-Core 187 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 366 49% 365 Pts	64-Core 364 22% 364 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 2400-PRO 2,899 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Gigabyte(1458 216A) 256MB Driver: atiumd64.dll Ver. 8.632.1.2000 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	0.57% Terrible	Lighting 0.5 Reflection 1.5 Parallax 0.6 0% 0.87 fps	MRender 0.9 Gravity 1.1 Splatting 1.2 1% 1.07 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.57% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX6000 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$45 6,819 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: V600 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 461 464 467 464 448 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 600 Write 505 Mixed 475 SusWrite 461 115% 510 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 58.2 213% 78.9 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 380 DQ Mixed 264 218% 309 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 140%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 457GB free Firmware: HPH3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 172 173 173 172 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 131 Mixed 81 SusWrite 172 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 911GB free Firmware: HP16 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 189 191 187 192 187 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Read 146 Write 132 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 187 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 112%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 187GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 76 76 76 76 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	44% Average	Read 77 Write 73.8 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 75.7 53% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 76%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$91 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 152 153 152 154 152 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 156 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 152 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.9 195% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 87%
JMicron Tech 1TB 97 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 395GB free, PID 0578 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 78 78 79 78 78 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	Read 100 Write 101 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 77.9 104% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 174%
WDC WD10 JPVX-22JC3T0 1TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 135GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 64 63 63 63 63 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	25.8% Poor	Read 67.3 Write 29 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 63.1 58% 46.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.8 53% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 40%
ST1000LM 024 HN-M101MBB 1TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 114GB free, PID 1153 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 69 69 69 69 69 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	29.2% Poor	Read 71 Write 50 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 69.3 78% 59 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 70% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 27,462 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	60% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 17.8 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 60%

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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	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 $274	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 $176	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