Asus H97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	108% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus H97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '17 at 13:06
Run Duration	85 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 120 2-Core 233 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 629 66% 527 Pts	64-Core 631 39% 631 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 256GB-$115 11,742 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0919A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^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 100 100 655 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1560 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 53 (A3) Unknown 100 100 37 (A4) Unknown 100 100 63718 (A5) Unknown 100 100 176 (A6) Unknown 100 100 24 (A7) Unknown 100 100 62 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 12 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 139 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 26 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 289022 (F2) Unknown 100 100 502885 (F5) Unknown 100 100 509744	108% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 446 Mixed 476 106% 474 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 38.5 161% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 22.9 85% 186 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 267GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 649 (03) Spinup time 143 138 3825 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6761 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11259 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4550 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1291 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5469 (C2) HDA temperature 110 91 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 5	65.2% Good	Read 116 Write 111 Mixed 111 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.47 113% 1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3-2133 CL9 8GB 2x8GB 161 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	61.9% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 19.4 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 80%

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Asus H97-PRO GAMER - $193

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	220x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	213x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	121x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	156x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	65x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	59x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	39x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	37x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	27x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	56x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	31x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	20x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $628

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