Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	16.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	93.4% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141009
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '17 at 19:09
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 224 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 437 58% 435 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-$120 66,662 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Asus(1043 84B5) 1GB CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Lighting 20 Reflection 16.1 Parallax 17.3 16% 17.8 fps	MRender 23.6 Gravity 19.4 Splatting 16.8 16% 19.9 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 158 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 44 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 58 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 483700647	93.4% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 414 Mixed 419 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 26.9 150% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 44.7 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 26.3 34% 58.6 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 124%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 855GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 169 6450 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 172 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 458 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 62 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3527 (C2) HDA temperature 115 109 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	93.5% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 159 Mixed 152 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.57 4K Mixed 0.26 114% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 96%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 154GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 168 2175 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1178 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7302 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1073 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1118 (C2) HDA temperature 109 87 34 (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 0	85.3% Excellent	Read 148 Write 150 Mixed 124 105% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.2 78% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-056.A00LF 2x8GB 2,451 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.7% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 18.6 60% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 20.8 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 61%

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

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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	70x
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