Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150515
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '17 at 20:13
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	48%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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)	77.6% Very good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 94.4 2-Core 190 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 372 50% 371 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 115 Parallax 97.8 84% 105 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 96.7 Splatting 103 81% 98.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 489GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1514 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 211 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 61 167504707611 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 296745313 (F7) Unknown 100 100 9281345 (F8) Unknown 100 100 914879 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1928 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	57.3% Above average	Read 462 Write 334 Mixed 339 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 41.1 4K Mixed 9.71 59% 22.4 MB/s	DQ Read 19.8 DQ Write 32 DQ Mixed 10.2 12% 20.7 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 99%
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 252GB free Firmware: MU02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1317 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 724 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 48 (A3) Unknown 100 100 658 (94) Unknown 100 100 103098 (95) Unknown 100 100 1484 (96) Unknown 100 100 1322 (97) Unknown 100 100 1452 (A4) Unknown 100 100 35453 (A5) Unknown 100 100 68 (A6) Unknown 100 100 7 (A7) Unknown 100 100 27 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 36426173382681 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 262845 (F2) Unknown 100 100 668402 (F5) Unknown 100 100 418788 (F6) Unknown 100 100 412392 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	58% Above average	Read 476 Write 244 Mixed 263 72% 328 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 15.1 4K Mixed 9.97 49% 14.5 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 46.6 81% 160 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 95%
Sandisk SD8SN8U-256G-1006 256GB 12,432 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4120006 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 296 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 649 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 114 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 12 (B0) Unknown 100 100 2176 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 2010 (C2) HDA temperature 36 61 4002340 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 5 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1176838996039 (F1) Unknown 100 100 104140 (F2) Unknown 100 100 105079 (F3) Unknown 100 100 201397 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1266	62.7% Good	Read 481 Write 323 Mixed 311 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 34.3 4K Mixed 10 60% 21.2 MB/s	DQ Read 26.3 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 12.5 48% 98 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 92%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: CV26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 151932176 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1734 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 6107442 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5460 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 721 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 57 470941724 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1749 (C2) HDA temperature 28 43 51539607580 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	105% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 183 Mixed 173 135% 180 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.2 80% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G 1315 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 18.2 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 20 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 61%

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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	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