Asus H97M-E

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97M-E (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160328
Uptime	5.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '18 at 03:06
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770S-$102 13,157 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 88.4 1-Core 101 2-Core 200 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 536 55% 442 Pts	64-Core 540 33% 540 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3741) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Lighting 77.1 Reflection 74 Parallax 72.7 63% 74.6 fps	MRender 68.6 Gravity 65.7 Splatting 69.4 56% 67.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 806GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 164 155 171 159 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 154 Write 169 Mixed 83 SusWrite 155 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 564GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 183 181 182 181 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 154 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 182 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1.5TB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 40 41 41 41 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	22% Poor	Read 40.2 Write 38.5 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 40.7 52% 38 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 115% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 49%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,405 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 602GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 119 124 123 124 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 138 Write 146 Mixed 20 SusWrite 123 139% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 42% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BA160B.C16 0420 AO2L16BC8R2-BR2S 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	55.1% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 16.6 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 16.8 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 62%

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

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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	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	69x
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