Asus H97M-E

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.69% 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.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160328
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '18 at 10:31
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 99.9 2-Core 191 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 366 48% 360 Pts	64-Core 324 20% 324 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2843) 2GB CLim: 1446 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	7.69% Terrible	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 36.8 Parallax 1.81 0% 12.9 fps	MRender 0.19 Gravity 47 Splatting 31.7 22% 26.3 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 7.69% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$20 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.03A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 44 44 39 40 38 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	32.9% Below average	Read 73.3 Write 79.7 Mixed 46.1 SusWrite 41 44% 60 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 55%
WD Purple 4TB (2014)-$71 8,426 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 146 146 144 148 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 146 Write 150 Mixed 73.9 SusWrite 146 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 204% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 4x8GB 1,249 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 17.5 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 20.3 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical H97M-E Builds (Compare 2,530 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	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	69x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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