Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	28.8% 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	56.7% 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.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160328
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '18 at 01:21
Run Duration	579 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 91 1-Core 130 2-Core 264 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 526 70% 525 Pts	64-Core 522 32% 522 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% PwrHis(1787 2321) 2GB CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.11.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	28.8% Poor	Lighting 36.6 Reflection 33 Parallax 44.3 30% 38 fps	MRender 28.7 Gravity 30.6 Splatting 37.2 27% 32.2 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$98 11,843 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 119GB free Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Read 668 Write 319 Mixed 434 104% 474 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 18 125% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 28.3 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 51.9 46% 64.9 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 107%
Patriot Torqx 2 32GB SSD 181 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 15GB free Firmware: S5FAM011 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7093 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5323 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 57 (AD) Unknown 100 100 27919061 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0	29.5% Poor	Read 224 Write 118 Mixed 171 38% 171 MB/s	4K Read 10.3 4K Write 39.8 4K Mixed 3.12 41% 17.7 MB/s	DQ Read 61 DQ Write 28 DQ Mixed 1.71 13% 30.2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 37%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 526ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 15543144 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 14010183332163 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1194 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 267 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 83 51545047072 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 15543144 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 15543144 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 15543144 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16428 (EA) Unknown 0 0 15264 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15264 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17465	56.7% Above average	Read 469 Write 123 Mixed 179 56% 257 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 10.6 97% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 22.4 DQ Write 99.3 DQ Mixed 9.84 22% 43.9 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 87%
Seagate Backup+ SL 1TB 401 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 543GB free Firmware: 0412 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 88.7 Write 88.5 Mixed 85.5 66% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.36 93% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 56%
Hitachi HTS723232A7A364 320GB 11,127 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 83GB free Firmware: EC2OA60W Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 94 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 235 100 73014444033 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 18644 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 10722 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 6703 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 99 141734576129 (BC) Unknown 100 57 3903 (BE) vendor-specific 69 51 471924767 (BF) G-sense error rate 89 89 2859 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 26280337 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 130281 (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 5 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	41.1% Average	Read 71.2 Write 71.9 Mixed 69.1 53% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.32 78% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 58%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$18 39,749 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 83GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 145 140 1750 (04) Start/Stop count 60 60 40806 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3085 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6006 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 7010 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1263 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 112 112 266045 (C2) HDA temperature 113 102 30 (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	36.4% Below average	Read 57.7 Write 69 Mixed 55.4 46% 60.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.15 55% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 47%
Samsung G2 Portable 500GB 768 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 381GB free, PID 6033 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	17.3% Very poor	Read 32.9 Write 32.1 Mixed 32.1 42% 32.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.4 76% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 21%
SAMSUNG HM641JI 640GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 163GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Read 37 Write 39.5 Mixed 32.7 47% 36.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.19 45% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 37%
USB3.0 FLASH DRIVE 32GB 1,098 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 16GB free, PID b128 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	10.8% Very poor	Read 35.8 Write 15.4 Mixed 19.2 26% 23.5 MB/s	4K Read 8.6 4K Write 0.07 4K Mixed 0.006 34% 2.89 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.8% Great: 33%
TS-RDF5 SD Transcend 64GB 1,196 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	26.4% Poor	Read 85.1 Write 46.9 Mixed 68.2 80% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.48 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.74 72% 1.74 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 40%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 8GB 12,066 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	5.68% Terrible	Read 20 Write 5.61 Mixed 7.04 11% 10.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.58 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.009 25% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.68% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend JM1333KLN-4G JM1333KLN-4G 16GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.9% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.6 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 18.5 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 54%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical H97M-E Builds (Compare 2,533 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	585x
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 $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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $277

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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