Asus H97-PRO GAMER

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (98th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 2 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 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	12.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus H97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '18 at 20:22
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 88.9 2-Core 212 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 407 54% 405 Pts	64-Core 398 25% 398 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Gigabyte(1458 226C) CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.7.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Lighting 6.6 Reflection 31.5 Parallax 42.4 5% 26.8 fps	MRender 28.3 Gravity 29.1 Splatting 36.2 26% 31.2 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 26%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 4,530 Write 68.2 Mixed 122 327% 1,573 MB/s	4K Read 666 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 8.6 1,022% 226 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 88%
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free Firmware: FP2A Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 152 Write 159 Mixed 68.4 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 302% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 25GB free Firmware: CC44 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 4,333 Write 55.5 Mixed 79.5 1,067% 1,489 MB/s	4K Read 695 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 2.6 29,270% 233 MB/s
Poor: 34% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5474-028.A00LF 4x4GB 388 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16.7 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 17.1 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 67.3 60% 67.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 53%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Asus H97-PRO GAMER - $193

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	223x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	213x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	121x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	156x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	65x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	61x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	39x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	37x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	27x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	56x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	33x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	20x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $628

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16