Asus H97M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.78% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	102% 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 10 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	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141009
Uptime	8.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '18 at 22:35
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 88.2 1-Core 93.2 2-Core 187 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 360 48% 359 Pts	64-Core 357 22% 357 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4170 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.78% Terrible	Lighting 3.7 Reflection 6.62 Parallax 6.47 3% 5.59 fps	MRender 9.29 Gravity 2.23 Splatting 7.57 5% 6.36 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.78% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 460A 240GB-$177 1,086 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 23621 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 111 (AB) Unknown 100 100 78723920 (AE) Unknown 100 100 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 155 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 95 95 95 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9431 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7228 (F9) Unknown 100 100 670290161	102% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 455 Mixed 472 106% 476 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 23.4 146% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 38.6 90% 186 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%
Sandisk X400 M.2 2280 12 128GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 71GB free Firmware: X413 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6422 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 125 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 5 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 5145 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 60 257699151912 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 115968770119 (EE) Unknown 100 100 16657380 (F1) Unknown 253 253 721424027 (F2) Unknown 253 253 633986341	89.9% Excellent	Read 487 Write 169 Mixed 265 67% 307 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 28.4 166% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 54.4 95% 188 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 90%
Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB-$32 118,349 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 243GB free Firmware: AM0P Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1347 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 8197 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2747 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 897 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 67356 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 201864052766 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 105336431 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 446729634 (F0) Head flying hours 81 81 7978 (F1) Unknown 100 100 19040164020 (F2) Unknown 100 100 31703471828 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	53.1% Above average	Read 93.6 Write 91.5 Mixed 89 69% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.19 66% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 2,474 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	58.1% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 19 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 18.1 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 62%

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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	596x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	391x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	306x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	200x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	195x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	160x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	70x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	68x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	65x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	108x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	64x
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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16