Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.3% 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	91.7% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '16 at 20:10
Run Duration	104 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 258 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 548 65% 501 Pts	64-Core 517 32% 517 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% XFX(1682 3001) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1201.0 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Lighting 48.8 Reflection 32.5 Parallax 60.2 40% 47.2 fps	MRender 30.8 Gravity 47 Splatting 40.2 32% 39.3 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
INTENSO 256GB 4,055 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 17 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 622 (AD) Unknown 100 100 131077 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 491	91.7% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 436 Mixed 458 104% 468 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 13.3 107% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 58.9 115% 230 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 66 98618279 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 14 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 608791 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 69 488308764 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 14 (C2) HDA temperature 28 14 60129542172 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 98618279 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -78481937399797 (F1) Unknown 100 253 440118621 (F2) Unknown 100 253 395458599	95.6% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 168 Mixed 133 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.31 94% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5584-005.A00LF 4x4GB 672 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	59% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 16.7 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 21 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 59% 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	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

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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