Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	40.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160328
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '18 at 17:21
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770S-$112 13,157 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 86.2 1-Core 97.2 2-Core 181 71% 122 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 540 54% 439 Pts	64-Core 516 32% 516 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3741) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60% Good	Lighting 75.9 Reflection 72.8 Parallax 66.4 62% 71.7 fps	MRender 68.9 Gravity 68 Splatting 69.6 56% 68.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 3 12 6.6 196 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 434 Write 351 Mixed 213 SusWrite 84.3 60% 271 MB/s	4K Read 12.5 4K Write 13.8 4K Mixed 12.8 43% 13 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 79.7 DQ Mixed 38.7 45% 79.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 56%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 518GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 178 178 179 178 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 130 Mixed 87.9 SusWrite 178 104% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 813GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 187 187 187 185 179 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 152 Write 160 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 185 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 113%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,405 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 534GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 112 113 113 111 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 143 Write 139 Mixed 19.9 SusWrite 112 133% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 43% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 53%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1.5TB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 113 113 113 111 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 129 Write 130 Mixed 89.1 SusWrite 113 155% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 118% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 49%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 16GB 16,813 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 14GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.9 4.5 4.7 4.1 4.3 4.5 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	7.11% Terrible	Read 33.2 Write 5.2 Mixed 9.2 SusWrite 4.8 13% 13.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.11% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BA160B.C16 0420 AO2L16BC8R2-BR2S 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	54.7% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 16.6 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 16.7 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 62%

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

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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	389x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	305x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	200x
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 $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16